My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Joining the daughters of the heavenly city, she seeks after the Word; by her search she arouses his love for her, and she knows where to search for him. For she has come to know that he delays among the prayers of his saints and remains close to them, and she understands that he feeds the church and the souls of his just ones among the lilies. - "Isaac, or the Soul 6.56"
Feedeth. "His flock. "(Septuagint) He still retains the fragrancy of lilies. As married people are two in one flesh, (Ephesians v. 31.) Christ and his Church are irrevocably united. (Calmet)
She reposes in him. (Worthington)
