Special Prayers by St. Hildegard von Bingen and Prayer for her Intercession + VIDEO Biography of the Patron of Music, Medicine, Theology
Prayers St. Hildegard von Bingen composed - and prayer for her Intercession are below. Saint Hildegard's feast day is September 17th and she is the patron of music, medicine and theology. Also, a biographical Video 2-part series is found at the bottom of this post. She was born in 1098 AD.
Prayers written by St. Hildegard
O Great Father - O Great Father we are in great need;
Now therefore we implore, we implore you
Through your Word, by which you have
Filled us with [those things] we need;
Now it may please you Father for it befits you
To consider us with your help,
So that we might not fail and lest your name
Might be blackened in us
And through your name, deign to help us.
O Eternal LordO eternal Lord,
it is pleasing to you
to burn in that same fire of love,
like that from which our bodies are born,
and from which you begot your Son
in the first dawn before all of Creation.
So consider this need which falls upon us,
and relieve us of it for the sake of your Son,
and lead us in joyous prosperity.
-Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
O Shepherd of Souls - O Shepherd of souls
and o first voice through whom all creation was summoned,
now to you, to you may it give pleasure and dignity
to liberate us from our miseries and languishing.
-Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
O Ruby Blood - O ruby blood which flowed from on high
where divinity touched. You are a flower that the winter
of the serpent’s breath can never injure.
-Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
O Leafy BranchO leafy branch, standing in your nobility
as the dawn breaks forth: now rejoice and be glad and deign to set us frail ones
free from evil habits and stretch forth your hand and lift us up.
by Hildegard von Bingen
Prayers for St. Hildegard’s Intercession
of meditating on your ineffable Majesty
and to follow you so that we, amidst the darkness of this world,
recognise the Light of your clarity to cling to you without fail.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Prayer to St. Hildegard - O Lord, you were generous with your gifts of grace to the virgin Hildegard. By following closely her example and teaching, may we pass from the darkness of this life into your marvelous light. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Documentary of the Life of St. Hildegard von Bingen below:
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