Antiphon for Divine Wisdom, Translated By Barbara Newman
Sophia! you of the whirling wings,
circling encompassing energy of God:
you quicken the world in your clasp.
One wing soars in heaven
one wing sweeps the earth
and the third flies all around us.
Praise to Sophia! Let all the earth praise her!
Antiphon for the Holy Spirit, Translated By Barbara Newman
The Spirit of God is a life that bestows life,
root of world-tree and wind in its boughs.
Scrubbing out sin,she rubs oil into wounds.
She is glistening life
alluring all praise, all-awakening, All-resurrecting
Holy, Spirit Fire of Life, translated by Stephanie Roth (in Cosmic Visions of Hildegard of Bingen)
Oh fire of the Holy Spirit,
life of the life of every creature,
holy are you in giving life to forms…
Oh boldest path,
penetrating into all places,
in the heights, on earth,
and in every abyss,
you bring and bind all together
From you clouds flow, air flies,
Rocks have their humours,
Rivers spring forth from the waters
And earth wears her green vigour
Oh fire of the Holy Spirit,
life of the life of every creature,
holy are you in giving life to forms…
O ignis Spiritus Paracliti !
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