For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit. Now you are Christ's Body, and individually parts of it. (1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091724.cfm
Baptism doesn’t erase our differences, rather it makes us one in the One Body of Christ because we share the one Spirit. Saint Hildegard (1098-1179) was filled with the Light of the Holy Spirit and fostered a practical spirituality. Attached is a YouTube link to a very short BBC production entitled Hildegard of Bingen starring Patricia Routledge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlziyM3xWWs
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saint Hildegard of Bingen, virgin & doctor, September 17
