Without the Word of God no creature has being. God’s Word is in all creation, visible and invisible. The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. All creation is awakened, called, by the resounding melody, God’s invocation of the Word. This Word manifests in every creature.Now this is how the spirit is in the flesh – the Word is indivisible from God.
— Saint Hildegarde of Bingen (1098-1179)