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Song of Songs 2:9

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth through the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Hart, (Proverbs v. 18.) which is swifter that the dogs. (Xenophon, Cuneg.) This animal is said to destroy serpents, as Christ did the power of the devil. (Theodoret) Wall. Under the old law, Christ was only seen in figure. He manifested himself in the new. Yet our sins separate him from us, Isaias lix. 2. He is concealed in the sacred mysteries, (Calmet) and his humanity keeps from our sight the glory of his divinity, which alone can impart full content. (St. Ambrose; St. Bernard) He showed a glimpse of it at his transfiguration, and by his miracles. (Menochius)

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