...betrothed to the son of GOD the Father, through the intermediate procurement of Angels. original: "filio DEI Patris desponsata" St. Thomas Aquinas, On Genesis, chapter 24.

Queen. original: "Regina" What is meant by the Queens in Song of Songs 6, unless the souls of the Saints are designated? St. Gregory the Great, On Song of Songs, chapter 6. Queens—that is, the souls of the righteous—called you (Mary) blessed. St. John Damascene, Oration 1 on the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin.

Seat of GOD, original: "Sedes DEI" is the soul of the righteous. Wisdom 1 & 2. The seats are the minds of the righteous, in which Christ rests. St. Thomas Aquinas, On the Apocalypse, chapter 4.

Tomb of Christ, original: "Sepulchrum Christi" is the faithful soul. Drogo Drogo of Hautvillers, a 12th-century monk, Office of the Passion of the Lord.

Shroud. original: "Sindon" He wraps Jesus in a clean shroud who receives Him with a pure mind. The Gloss. In truth, there are three things that bring a linen corporal a cloth used in the Eucharist to whiteness, and these signify the three things that lead to our purification: 1. It is washed, 2. it is wrung out, 3. it is dried. 1. It must be washed by the water of tears; 2. it must be wrung out by works of penance; etc. Regarding the first, Exodus 30: Aaron and his son shall wash their hands and feet—that is, their works and thoughts—with the water of compunction and confession. Psalm 31: I will wash my bed, that is, my conscience. Regarding the second, Exodus 26: You shall make the curtains of the tabernacle—that is, the ornaments of the soul—of twisted fine linen original: "bysso retorta", which signifies works of penance, fasts, prayers, afflictions, etc. St. Thomas Aquinas, Opuscule on the Sacrament of the Altar, chapter 15.

TITLE IX.

THE SINFUL SOUL.

Abyss original: "Abyssus" is what the heart of a sinner is called, dark with the gloom of sin; its angel is the devil. St. Thomas Aquinas, On the Apocalypse, chapter 9.

Bronze pot. original: "Ænea olla" Ezekiel 24. Divine speech compares the sinful soul to a bronze pot. St. Augustine, Sermon 16.

I am a little lamb original: "Agnicula sum" wandering from Your fold; turn me back into Your sheepfold, Lord. St. Ephrem the Syrian, Sermon on the Sinful Woman.

Spider. original: "Aranea" A spider's web is fragile; likewise, the thoughts of sinners are vain. St. Thomas Aquinas, On Psalm 38.

Withered hand. original: "Arida manus" A man having a withered hand signifies a soul that is not at all fruitful in good works. St. Isidore of Seville, Allegories of the New Testament.

Babylon. The city of Babylon is any vain soul. St. Thomas Aquinas, On Isaiah 24.

City. original: "Civitas" Morally, the city is the soul: once full of the "people" of good affections, now mistress of the "nations" of vices; princess of the "provinces" of the senses; now desolate of the help of the good; a widow of the bridegroom’s embraces; and under the tribute of vices. St. Thomas Aquinas, On Lamentations 1.

I am your dove original: "Columba tua ego sum"—seized by a most cunning and cruel hawk; so says the sinful soul as it turns back to God. St. Ephrem the Syrian, Sermon on the Sinful Woman.

Demoniac woman. original: "Dæmoniaca" Matthew 15. Morally, by this

Zion. original: "Sion" Let our soul therefore be Zion, so that it may teach a hymn to be sung within itself. Arnobius, On Psalm 64.

Clothed with the Sun. original: "Sole amicta" The contemplative soul is the "good woman clothed with the Sun." St. Bonaventure, Opuscule on the Light of the Church, f. 22.

Lintel. original: "Superliminare" Exodus 12. It signifies the mind of the faithful. St. Thomas Aquinas, Opuscule on the Sacrament of the Altar, chapter 30.

Temple original: "Templum" is the righteous soul, in which GOD dwells through grace. St. Thomas Aquinas, On Psalm 17.

Vessel of the tabernacle. original: "Vas tabernaculi" What are the vessels of the tabernacle, except the souls of the faithful? St. Isidore of Seville, On Numbers, chapter 6.

Pillar of smoke, original: "Virgula fumi" is the holy soul that loves GOD; it is thin and delicate, thinned out by the disciplines of the Holy Spirit, and lacks the thickness of carnal desires. St. Thomas Aquinas, On Song of Songs, chapter 3.

Five wise virgins original: "Virgines quinque sapientes" are understood to be all holy souls. St. Isidore of Seville, Allegories of the New Testament.

Birds of the air. original: "Volatilia cœli" Birds were also made; that is, holy souls flying toward heavenly things. St. Isidore, On Genesis, chapter 2. In these branches (the Apostles), the birds also rest: because holy souls, which raise themselves from earthly thoughts by the "wings" of virtues, find breath and rest from the fatigue of this life in the Apostles' words and consolations. St. Gregory the Great, Moralia, book 19, chapter 1.

Golden urn, original: "Urna aurea" which receives Christ, is what our heart ought to be. St. Thomas Aquinas, cited chapter 15.

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...demoniac woman is understood the sinful soul. Continuing from Column 1 St. Thomas Aquinas, Sermon 2 for the Second Sunday of Lent. If anyone has a conscience polluted by the filth of any vice, they have a "daughter" badly vexed by a demon. Rabanus Maurus.

Dinah, original: "Dina" goes out to see the women of a foreign region when any mind wanders outside its own proper order; she is then oppressed by Shechem, prince of the land. St. Isidore of Seville, On Genesis, chapter 28.

Drachma the lost coin. The woman who finds the lost drachma is the Church; by the drachma, the sinful soul is understood. St. Isidore, Allegories of the New Testament.

Daughter of the devil, original: "Filia diaboli" violator of the temple of the Holy Spirit, what shall I say of you? Thus Geoffrey, Abbot of Vendôme, addresses the sinful soul in his Opuscule 15.

Image original: "Imago" which GOD painted is the soul, made in His own likeness—but the sinner draws over it the stain of sin. St. Vincent Ferrer, Sermon on St. John before the Latin Gate.

Hell original: "Infernus" is what the soul of the sinner is called. St. Bonaventure, Sayings of Salvation, title f. chapter 1.

Judas. Morally, the soul which ought to confess GOD but has instead migrated to vices—vices among the nations, or demons. St. Thomas Aquinas, On Lamentations 1.