THE CANTATA OF LOVE A Verse by Verse Reading of THE SONG OF SONGS by BLAISE ARMINJON, S.J.

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What book of the Old or New Testament has generated the most commentaries in the history of the Church? It is the Song of Songs, a book unknown to many Catholics. Yet the greatest of the Church Fathers have commented on it. Origen’s is the classic. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Francis de Sales, St. John of the Cross, have all added to the great tradition of interpreting this book for they see it as God’s love for Israel and the Church, Christ’s love for Mary, for the Church and for each of us. The author draws on all these classics to give us a verse by verse reading of the Song of Songs which will deepen the spiritual lives of al of us. Paper.