Daily Virtue Quote – St. Hildegard of Bingen

“Among the five virtues the first is celestial love, which consists in a person knowing and loving God above all things. Then the person, because of his faith, is bound by the law God above all things. Then the person, because of his faith, is bound by the law of discipline; and from there he goes on to repress his tendency to sin through good and righteous modesty. And so by these three powers the person will attain a just heart, and be able to see the next thing, the suffering of his neighbor; and then he will provide all necessities for him as for himself. And with these three powers the person soon becomes a strong soldier, perfected in mind by imitating My Son, the true Samaritan, in mercy. And then he wins victory over the power of the Devil with the arms of virtue; he conquers himself and governs his neighbor, and by these virtues slays all evil, rejecting the pride that drove Adam from Paradise.”