O Most Splendid Gem
Written by St. Hildegard nearly a thousand years ago, this song is meant for women to sing. || O most splendid gem, | this fair grace like the sun | which pours through you, | is as a spring leaping from the Father’s heart, | For this is His only Word, | and from this | the prime matter of the world was created, | into human form, | And therefore you are that one shining matter, | whereby the Word exhales all virtues, | drawing out all Creatures from prime matter.
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