THE SONG OF SONGS

De: Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty, Bishoy Boshra Behnam

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Perhaps some may wonder why the divine inspiration used this courting style to express the mutual love between God and His Church. Through the divine inspiration, God speaks to us with the same style in a colloquial manner. Moreover, He also uses the same expressions we use, so that the inspiration is not foreign to us. This interpretation of the divine love as a spiritual marital love that binds the soul with God is not strange in the Bible, but has been used by both the prophets of the Old Testament as well as the Disciples of the New Testament. We shall see this when we discuss the “The Heavenly Wedding Banquet.” Truly, since the believer tastes the mutual love between God and the catholic (universal) Church, he sees it as a personal love touching his life personally. The relationship that binds God with His community confirms the relationship between God and the human soul, not as an individual relationship where one is isolated away from the community, but a personal relationship where the individual is a member in the community. St. Mary represents the catholic (universal) Church as a perfect member. If some interpret this book as a love relationship between the Lord Jesus and St. Virgin Mary, this is because she has enjoyed God’s love as one of us, but at a different level! Truly, this book is an excellent symphony, which the soul sings, after leaving the captivity of this world and the dominion of the true Pharaoh, “the devil.” She enters the Heavenly Jerusalem in the liberty of the glory of God’s children, leaning on the bosom of her Lord. That is why this book does not mention any of the commandments or teachings, but it is all about the mystery of the eternal love and the life with the Heavenly Bridegroom. It is the symphony of the heart united with its Savior! It is a unique song in its kind and meaning. Anyone, sanctified with the blood of the Lamb, sings this song, entering with intimacy with the holy of holies, without any routine or formalities, until he rests in the bosom of the Father, above all material and physical thoughts to the true spiritual thought. St. Gregory of Nyssa, said: [In this book, the Word commands us not to think of carnal matters, even if we are in the flesh, but to ascend to the Spirit, so that all the love expressions are like pure offerings presented to the good Lord, who surpasses all understanding, and whom we find all sweetness, love and desire.”