Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
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Aquinas Study Bible
AD 2017
Until the day breathes: namely, the period of the New Testament about which the Apostle says in Romans 13:12 "The night is passed, and the day is at hand." Likewise, Luke 16:16 says, "The law and the prophets were until John," with whom the day of the New Testament dawned.
shadows flee: because in the New Testament the figures cease when the Truth comes, whose shadows in a certain sense they were. (Nicholas of Lyra)
Retire. In the morning, (Sanctius) or rather the bridegroom takes his leave early, promising to return in the evening, chap. ii. 17. (Calmet)
Myrrh. To Calvary, where the fervent will pour forth their prayers, and learn mortification. (Calmet)
Christ dwells in mortified and devout minds.
