Hildegard of Bingen's Art and Quote: All Beings Celebrate Creation – circa 1150 A.D. – Medieval Catholic Art Print – Authentic Quote First Communion (source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette online)

(source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette online)

This is the Cecilia we hear mentioned in the Mass

It meant the Cross

was very famous a hundred years ago but is little remembered today

He painted many Catholic paintings

Hildegard of Bingen's Art and Quote: All Beings Celebrate Creation – circa 1150 A.D. – Medieval Catholic Art Print – Authentic Quote First Communion (source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette online)The mandala shows the cosmic connection of all angels, all people, and all beings celebrating the creation that God has made for us. It is from the "Second Vision of the Second Part of De Operatione Dei," based on one of Hildegard's mystic visions. Painted around 1150 A. D. "The fire has its flame and praises God. The wind blows the flame and praises God. In the voice we hear the word which praises God. And the word, when heard, praises God. So all of