by St. Hildegard of Bingen[1]
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| Agony in the Garden. Drawing from the Abbey of St. Walburg, Eichstätt, ca. 1500. (From J. Hamburger, Nuns as Artists, plate 8) |
| V. Vos flores rosarum, qui in effusione sanguinis vestri beati estis in maximis gaudiis, redolentibus et sudantibus in emptione que fluxit de interiori mente consilii manentis ante evum R. in illo, in quo non erat constitutio a capite. V. Sit honor in consortio vestro, qui estis instrumentum ecclesie et qui in vulneribus vestri sanguinis undatis: R. In illo, in quo non erat constitutio a capite. |
V. You blooms of roses, within your blood outpoured you’re blessed in joys supreme— the fragrance and distilled perfume of that redemption that flowed from th’ inmost heart of counsel kept before all time R. in him who was unfounded at the start. V. An honor in your fellowship! The Church’s instrument you are as in your wounds, your waves of blood, you surge and gush: R. in him who was unfounded at the start. |
