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What the Fathers say

Song of Solomon 5:8

Western Saints

Bede

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find, etc. Worthily, the bride languishes with love, having been struck and wounded by the sword of the Spirit, she casts off the garment of carnal desire, for as much as the holy soul gains strength in God, so much is she made weak and infirm towards the affection of this world, as if debilitated. …

Commentary on the Song of Songs ↗

Robert of Tombelaine

For when we disclose our thoughts to holy men, when we spread out our desire to them—whether they are still living among us or have already entered eternal life—and pray through God that by praying for us they may offer to the Lord Christ the desire with which we are moved, what else do we do than adjure the daughters of Jerusalem to announce to the beloved, to whom they are nearer than we are, that we are sick with love?

Commentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 5 ↗