Chapter 56OrdV.1.56
Virtutes
The Cleft of the Rock
The soul is called to stand with steadfast endurance in God's sheltering presence, invoking the image of Moses hidden in the rock.
O steadfast one, you who stand in the cleft of the rock, and O glorious warrior, you who endure all things!✦
Read the original Latin
O firma que stas in caverna petre, et o gloriosa bellatrix que suffers omnia!
Scripture echoes
- ↩Exod.33.22 — And when my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
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