Like billowing clouds, like the incessant gurgle of the brook, the longing of the spirit can never be stilled.

Hildegard von Bingen, OSB, (1098–1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, teacher, writer, healer, composer, philosopher, natural science cataloguer, visionary, and Christian mystic of the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known and most-recorded composers of sacred monophony (a single sung melody) written for female choirs. She has been recognized as a saint for centuries for her original teachings.