I am the living breath in a human being placed in a tabernacle of marrow, veins, bones, and flesh, giving it vitality and supporting its every movement. ~ St. Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias I 4:4 The feast day of Hildegard of Bingen is 17 September. She was a 12th-century Benedictine abbess, who was also a theologian, visionary, musical composer, spiritual director, preacher, and healer. For centuries monasteries have been centers of healing and herbal medicine. Monks would grow the herbs... Read more