Song of Songs (Part 1)

About this episode

This episode explores the themes of love in the Song of Songs, focusing on the beauty of the relationship between the bridegroom and bride.

This episode is the first of two on the Song of Songs. We are covering Audiences 108-110. You won’t want to miss the beauty of this conversation. We hope that it prompts you to go deeper with the LORD!* Quotes: “The love of the bridegroom and bride in the Song of Songs is a theme by itself…it is a song of human love.” (TOB 108:1) “For in this book, kisses are mentioned, breasts are mentioned, cheeks are mentioned, loins are mentioned; and the holy pictures these words paint are not meant for mockery or laughter…we must (rather) notice how marvelously and mercifully, in making mention of the parts of the body and thus summoning us to love, (God) works with us; for he reaches down into the vocabulary of our sensual love in order to set our hearts on fire, aiming to incite us to a holy loving. Indeed, by the act in which he lowers himself in words, he also elevates our understanding; for from the words associated with this sensual love we learn how fiercely we are to burn with love for the Divine.” (Pope St. Gregory the Great) “The bridegroom says: You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; You have ravished my heart with one glance of your eyes, With one bead of your…

People in this episode

Host: Be Filled Podcast

Topics covered

• Song of Songs
• Christian love
• spirituality
• divine love
• human love

Keywords

• Song of Songs
• Christianity
• spirituality
• love
• Pope St. Gregory the Great

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