“Hildegard saw all living beings as ‘sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance.’ There is no place in creation that does not radiate divine light. Therefore, we must seek God through beauty, and especially cherish ‘greenness’: seeds and buds and blossoms. In this way, we restore our connection to our divine source." (Mirabai Starr, Hildegard of Bingen (Devotions, Prayers and Living Wisdom) )

Although these are the writer’s words and not Hildegard’s per se I think I will stay with them this morning. Hildegard is obviously going to be very appropriate for this day and age when “green” has become the password and we are so aware of what we have done to and need to do for the planet. With every mystical movement holding that we are one with the divine, how can we not come together as a people around what we need to do to help the planet, to help the Divine live and be. I keep thinking back into history. What would we be like today if our ancestors, instead of just creating, inventing and assuming the earth would supply forever, had thought about the earth as divine, as one with us because we are all created by the Divine. If the industry of growth and creativity had thought that way all along, we might be in a much better place. And we would be able to see in all things our connection to our divine source.