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Wormwood Wine Mix DIY | St. Hildegard von Bingen

This wine recipe from St. Hildegard’s Physica is one of her favorites and is a staple for her Spring Cleanse. Wormwood is the signature member of the Artemisia family. Saint Hildegard recommends this herb, infused in wine, frequently. The old German name for wormwood infused wine is the origin of the herbed wine we now know as vermouth. This popular addition to a martini was once a very popular…

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Wormwood Ointment | St. Hildegard von Bingen

Saint Hildegard says about wormwood oil: “If then any person suffers in the chest and around the chest (pain), so that he starts coughing from it, put the ointment there on the chest. If it hurts him in the side, rub him there and it heals him inside and out.” She also recommends frequently the use of Wormwood Wine as a part of her Spring Cleanse from October to May. See our ‘Healing Hildegard’…

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Violet Wine Mix DIY | St. Hildegard von Bingen

This spiced wine recipe from St. Hildegard’s Physica includes violets, galingale, and licorice, and is meant to decrease black bile and therefore melancholy. As it’s written, the wine is quite spicy from the galingale with just a hint of licorice but the rewards of its joy are worth it! “Anyone oppressed by melancholy with a discontented mind, which then harms his lungs, should cook violets in…

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Spices of Joy | St. Hildegard von Bingen | Cookies of JOY

These spices smell heavenly. And no wonder, a saint left us the recipe! In her book, Physica, St. Hildegard recommended the use of nutmeg for its healing powers and offered the following recipe. “Nutmeg has great heat and good moderation in its powers. If a person eats nutmeg, it will open up their heart, make their judgment free from obstruction, and give them a good disposition. Take some…

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Flu Powder | St. Hildegard von Bingen

These spices not only smell heavenly they purport to leave you feeling so as well. And no wonder, a saint left us the recipe! In her book, Physica, St. Hildegard recommended “Take geranium, a little less bertram and even less nutmeg, and reduce them to a powder and mix them together. One with heart pain should eat this powder with bread or, if eaten without bread, he should lick it from his hand.…

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Violet Cream Ointment | St. Hildegard von Bingen

Saint Hildegard says about violet cream: “Whoever feels a headache, rub this ointment across his forehead and he will feel better. The above medicine should also be rubbed on places where parasites are digesting a person, and they will die when they taste it. Also places covered with other ulcers should be applied with this ointment, and the patient will regain health.” She was also fond of its…

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St. Hildegard’s JOY Balms Set of 3 | Rose & Sage, Lily of the Valley, and Violet Lip and Body Balms

Natural, simple ingredient lip and body balms made according to St. Hildegard’s instructions with an incredibly smooth texture. Listing is for THREE, .15 oz tubes in a sealed gift bag that includes excerpts from St. Hildegard’s writings regarding the use of each. A simple mix of organic beeswax and pure organic olive oil soothes and heals the driest of lips and aids in the reliefs mentioned on…

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Advent Hanukkah Gift Set| #KeepItLit Kit | Catholic Christian Gift | Catholic Home Decor | Season of Lights

#KeepRemembrance #KeepItLit That’s been our mission since we’ve started and that is the inspiration behind our newest Gift Set. Our Advent/Hannukah #KeepItLit Kit is designed to help you bring the beauty of these two ancient traditions to your family in a way that is meaningful and fun. Kit includes: • tin menorah 🕎 and 44 candles • Bric dreidel toy • Hanukkah booklet with story of Hanukkah from…

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Ora et Labora Bracelet | St. Benedict | Catholic Christian Gift | Faith Accessories

These bracelets are the perfect gift for St. Benedict and St. Hildegard devotees who know the phrase “Ora et Labora” (Pray and Work) is at the heart of the Benedictine way and anyone who is looking for a subtle reminder to walk in it. Features a stretchable wrist band that fits most large wrists, and Lava Stone all-natural beads. Lava Stone is known for its grounding affect and amplifying…

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Chrism Tin Candle 100% Beeswax | Catholic Christian Gift | Prayer Candle | Three Days of Darkness | Catholic Home Decor

We’ve heard your cry for a travel size chrism candle at a price point that makes gift giving affordable. Stock up before we sell out for the holidays! More stock is also available at: SheerahMinistries.com/shop Contact Us for bulk and wholesale pricing. It’s quite possible that chrism is the best scent on earth. Those of you who have experienced a Catholic baptism know exactly what we mean! The…

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All Hallows Candle Gift Set of 4 | Fall Feasts #KeepItLit Kit | Catholic Christian Gift | Catholic Home Decor | Ember Days to Hallowtide

#KeepRemembrance #KeepItLit That’s been our mission since we’ve started and that is the inspiration behind our newest Gift Set. Our Fall Feasts #KeepItLit Kit features 4 Candles, each representing the four feasts that have been a part of the liturgical tradition since the 4th century. Kit includes: 4 – 100% pure organic beeswax candles with essential oils (Chrism, Good Samaritan, French…

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HOMILY: The Nativity Of Saint John The Baptist, by Hildegard of Bingen

Homily 41 The time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.  And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his great mercy for her, and they rejoiced with her.  And it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the boy, and they were going to name him after his father, Zechariah.  But his mother, responding, said, “By no means; he shall be called…

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John the Wild Man

On the Feast of John the Baptist, this reflection from Iwona ought to set a wild fire in our hearts!Come Holy Spirit! John has nothing to lose and is not afraid of offending anyone or for being canceled. He speaks with raw precision, and frightening accuracy, stinging every camp with power or position, with arrows of fundamental facts which everyone knows and sees. No one is that dumb.  He is…

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When will the End Come?

So much of life remains with little meaning without first seeing what was and what is and what is to come. Today’s Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) comes from 1 Kings 21:10-16 in juxtaposition to Matthew 5:38-42, with further study into the rest of a Kings 21 and 22. It still fascinates me how the answers still lie hidden between the pages and written with the stars. Some say he is Elijah. Wrong.…

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Red Sundays

I was newly divorced the first time I heard Taylor Swift sing her soulful songs validating my wounded heart. Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end streetFaster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly Her sweet inocence was haunting to me then but I ignored it because we shared something in common. Heartache. Her lyrics evolved, like my wounds, and even carried…

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The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection

A PROPHETIC DREAM: I had a dream this week wherein the Lord showed me during prayer that He would tell me of things to come as I slept and I would recieve special graces to remember the dream and interpretation. I offer this dream more for a record of remembrance for myself, and because it relates to urgency of conversion for those who have been praying for loved ones to have a deeper conversion…

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Little Book of Stones | St. Hildegard Vol. 1-4

From our St. Hildegard Healing Workshop. Participants will remember her Stines from her work “Physica”. Each kit includes detailed descriptions of her philosophy of stones given in her visions from Jesus on creation, a description of each of the stones themselves and her recommended uses and also a salve and oil. We will be adding more detail to those description but wanted to make them available…