O that you were as my brother, that nursed at the breasts of my mother! if I should find you outside, I would kiss you; yea, I would not be despised.
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AD 2017
you were like a brother to me: a reference to Christ according to his human nature
nursed at my mother's breast: that is, the Virgin Mary, who is called not only the mother of Christ, but also the mother of the whole Church. This passage refers literally to Christ. (Nicholas of Lyra)