Chapter II.
Just as one who has been cleansed is invited by Christ and aspires to the inexplicable sweetness of the sacrament, the mystical interpretation of certain passages from the Songs reveals this.
You have come to the altar, the Lord Jesus calls you, either your soul or the Church, and He says: Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth (Song of Solomon 1:1). Do you want to unite with Christ? Nothing is more joyful. Do you want to unite with your soul? Nothing is more pleasant.
Let him kiss me. Do you see that you are free from all sin, because your sins have been cleansed? Therefore, he judges you worthy of heavenly sacraments and invites you to the heavenly feast: Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth.
However, due to the following reasons, your soul, either human condition or the Church, seeing that it is cleansed from all sins, and worthy to approach the altar of Christ (for what is the altar but the form of the body of Christ), saw wonderful sacraments, and said: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, that is, let Christ imprint a kiss on me.
Why? Because your breasts are better than wine (Song of Solomon 1:1); that is, your senses are better, your sacraments are better than wine. Above that wine, which, even though it has sweetness, joy, and grace, has secular gladness, but in you there is spiritual joy. Therefore, Solomon now introduces the wedding of either Christ and the Church, or the spirit and the flesh and the soul.
And he added: Your name is like a precious ointment that has been poured out, therefore the young women love you. What are these young women, if not the souls of each individual who have cast off the old age of this body, renewed by the Holy Spirit?
Draw us, we shall run after the fragrance of your ointments (Canticles, 1:3). See what it says. You cannot follow Christ unless He himself draws you. Finally, so you may know: And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself (John 12:32).
The King led me into his chamber. The Greek said: He has in his storeroom, and in his cellar. There are good libations, pleasant fragrances, sweet honey, various fruits, and various meals; so that your lunch may be prepared with many dishes.