I have been led to explore the extraordinary life of  Hildegard of Bingen; a German mystic, she wrote many divinely inspired writings from the visions she received  from God. At an early age she was sent to the Benediction cloister of Saint Disibod, she became a prominent writer, preacher, healer, herbalist, poet, and composer who wrote nine books on theology, medicine, science and physiology. Saint Hildegard has been called the first medieval woman to reflect on and write about women.

This prayer came about as I was reading her writings on the four elements…

Father God, you created the four elements of the world… fire, air, water, and earth. The Holy Spirit keeps them so closely connected and bound together that none can be separated from the others. The building blocks of the cosmos… just as they hold the world together so do they form the structure of our bodies. From fire we have the warmth of our bodies; from air we have our breath; from water we have our blood and from earth we have the muscles n’ bones… our bodies. We give thanks to the fire for our sight, air for our hearing, water for movement and earth for our ability to walk.

I ask Dear Lord, that they fulfill their purpose correctly and orderly… that the plumb line of these elements bring balance and healing to my body.  I ask in the Holy Name of Jesus… Amen!

3x – Glory be to…