Hodie

composed by Hildegard von Bingen performed by Jocelyn Montgomery directed by David Lynch 1998 “Hodie aperuit nobis clausa porta,“ Today a door long shut has opened, to show us that thing “quod serpens in muliere suffocavit.“ which the serpent choked in the woman. “Unde lucet in aurora“ And so there shines brightly in the dawn “flos de virgine Maria.“ the blossom of the virgin Mary. Hildegard was born a tenth child in a noble family, and upon birth was dedicated to the church as a tithe. At a