Abbot Gedolph of Brauweiler had asked Hildegard to pray for a woman who had an evil spirit. He and the other priests failed at attempts to free her themselves. The evil spirit said that Hildegard could, by way of her visions and divine revelation.
Here is an excerpt from Hildegard’s letter to Abbot Gedolph of Brauweiler, with her response:
The following message that I will speak is not coming from me, but from Him who is.
…the Spirit of God, who in the beginning swept over the waters and who blew the breath of life into the countenance of human beings, might blow out the unclean spirit from the disturbed human being.
…At his command fly away! Listen to him who is.
St. Hildegard did eventually get the woman freed. She also did other miracles over her lifetime, through her visions directly from God. As “revealed through him who is and who lives!”
Evil spirits aren’t always the problem, but prayer always helps anyway.
Our troubles and setbacks might not always be because we have an evil spirit. But prayer is recommended either way.
St. Hildegard of Bingen, pray for us!
This is not to be taken as authoritative advice. Go here to learn more about Spiritual Warfare. But it’s best to seek out the assistance of a priest for help in these matters. I’m just a Catholic writer. I’ve learned that to be set free it takes more than prayer but also a consistent practice of the faith to stay free.
I’m no St. Hildegard but I put together this inspirational meditation on, “Setting My Past Free”. In this video, I release myself from past discomforts, and set myself free. Consider it a type of meditation/prayer to purge my past, with the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Feel free to follow along to release things from your past too, even if just as a prayer.
It’s a new day, every day, to begin again. Amen.
Resource: The Life of the Holy Hildegard by The monks Gottfried Theoderic, Pgs. 88-89.
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