Holy Spirit
Composed: 2019
Duration: 3 minutes
Instrumentation: SSAATB choir
Text set to selected lines from a vision of the 12th century nun Hildegard von Bingen:
Holy Spirit, the life that gives life:
You are the cause of all movement.
You are the breath of all creatures.
You are the salve that purifies our souls.
You are the fire that warms our hearts.
You are the light that guides our feet.
Let all the world praise you.
- translation by Robert Carver
NOTES
Hildegard von Bingen, was a twelfth century nun whose mystical visions of God are filled with glowing and unique imagery. A few lines from one of these visions are used as the text in Holy Spirit. The English translation from Latin (by Robert Carver) is used with permission of the Crossroads Publishing Co