"Antiphon for the Holy Spirit," by Hildegard of Bingen

The Spirit of God
is a life that bestows life,
root of world-tree
and wind in its boughs.

Scrubbing out sin,
she rubs oil into wounds.

She is glistening life
alluring all praise,
all-awakening,
all-resurrecting.

+ Hildegard of Bingen
(translated by Barbara Newman)