Selected Writings by Hildegard of Bingen & Mark Atherton

Author:Hildegard of Bingen & Mark Atherton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Catholicism, Christianity, Religion, Mysticism, Classics, Middle Ages
ISBN: 9780141960043
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 2001-11-02T04:00:00+00:00

6. Hodie aperuit. Antiphon6

Today is opened to us the closed gate

which the serpent stifled in a woman.

And there, in the dawn light shining:

the flower of the Virgin Mary!

7. Quia ergo femina. Antiphon7

Because a woman brought death

a bright Maiden overcame it,

and so the highest blessing

in all of creation

lies in the form of a woman,

since God has become man

in a sweet and blessed Virgin.

8. Cum processit factura. Antiphon8

When creation came forth from the finger of God

fashioned in God’s image

created of mixed blood

along the exile-path of Adam’s fall:

then the elements received

the joys of life.

O Mary, worthy of praise.

As heavens shine red

they sound forth your praise.

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