I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.—Song of Songs 7:10 James Finley celebrates Bernard of Clairvaux’s emphasis on love: When I was at the monastery, they had a statue of Saint Bernard holding a scroll. In his commentary on the Song of Songs, he says, “Amo quia amo.” “I love because I love.” He writes, “Everything we do, we do for a reason, but only love is its own reason.” [1] Clearly this is the motivation of the lovers in the Song of …
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