Chapter 54OrdV.1.54
Virtutes
The Sweetness of the Mother
The soul praises the mother as beautiful, sweet, and gentle, where no one is put to shame.
O most beautiful mother, how sweet you are, and how gentle—because no one is put to shame in you.
Read the original Latin
O pulcherrima mater, quam dulcis et quam suavis es, quia nemo confunditur in te.
Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues) companion
Let a different Virtue meet you each morning
Chosen Portion walks you through the whole Ordo Virtutum — and Hildegard's Scivias — as free daily devotionals.
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.
- The complete 84-scene drama, one short scene per day, in modern readable English
- Each portion pairs the scene with its Scripture echoes — 26 references resolved across the play
- Finish Hildegard, then continue with 70+ other works from Europe's royal devotional archive