... gospel. This movie tells the story of her leading almost one hundred orphans across the mountains to safety when the Japanese invaded the region. Film clips would be effective illustrations. God’s promises can be relied on even when they violate natural human expectation. Poetry: Antiphons for the Virgin, by Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard (1098–1179) was a German abbess and poet, and her poems were intended to be chanted. These short poems have been translated by Barbara Newman and can be found online.
Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99:1-9, Luke 9:28-36, 2 Corinthians 3:12--4:2
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Julia Ross Strope
... .” They are temporary, ephemeral, transient, unstable, and unpredictable. Yet, we long for radiance to engulf us. And when we have such an experience, we seek it again. Perhaps we can describe the experience as “being in the heart of God.” Hildegard of Bingen and all the mystics wrote about being encompassed by Holy light, by the heart of God. What images today convey the idea and the experience of an ecstatic experience with The Holy? Contemporary Affirmation God is creative Energy at work throughout ...
