The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.

Hildegard von Bingen, OSB, (1098–1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, teacher, writer, healer, composer, philosopher, natural science cataloguer, visionary, and Christian mystic of the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known and most-recorded composers of sacred monophony (a single sung melody) written for female choirs. She has been recognized as a saint for centuries for her original teachings.