Virtutes
Shining with the Word
The Virtues marvel at the ancient saints and proclaim that the Word of God shines forth in human form, so that they shine with him and build up his beautiful body.
O ancient saints, what do you marvel at in us? The Word of God shines forth in human form, and so we shine with him, building up the members of his beautiful body.✦
Read the original Latin
O antiqui sancti, quid admiramini in nobis? Verbum dei clarescit in forma hominis, et ideo fulgemus cum illo, edificantes membra sui pulchri corporis.
Scripture echoes
- ↩Col.1.18 — And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might have first place in everything.
Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues) companion
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The Ordo was performed scene by scene by Hildegard's nuns, and Chosen Portion restores that rhythm — one scene of the Virtues' drama as each day's devotional.
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