Opening Up

Ἂνοιξόν μοι ἀδελφή μου ἡ πλησίον μου περιστερά μου τελεία μου ὅτι ἡ κεφαλή μου ἐπλήσθη δρόσου καὶ οἱ βόστρυχοί μου ψεκάδων νυκτός... Ἀναγκαίως ἡ τοῦ μοί προσθήκη τοῦ ἄνοιξον· ἔστι γὰρ καὶ ἀντικειμένας δυνάμεσιν ἀνοῖξαι· ὡς περὶ ὀχληρᾶς δὲ τῆς δρόσου λέγειν δοκεῖ, ὡς καὶ περὶ τῶν τῆς νυκτὸς ψεκάδων· ἀνάπαυλαν γὰρ ἔοικεν ἀπὸ τούτων ἐπιζητεῖν. Ἀκόλουθα ταῦτα τοῖς πρώτοις· μετὰ γὰρ τὴν ἀνάστασιν εἰσῆλθε τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων· καὶ καλεῖ τὸν Θωμᾶν, καὶ δι' αὐτοῦ πᾶσαν ἄπιστον ψυχὴν, ἀνοῖχαι την ἰδίαν καρδίαν καὶ τὴν τῆς ἀναστὰσεως χωρῆσαι πληροφορίαν· καλεῖ δὲ αὐτὸν τελείαν εἰπόντα, ὁ Κύριός μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου· ἡ δρόσος δὲ δηλοῖ τὴν κατὰ τὸν ὄρθρον ἀνάστασιν, ὅτε κάτεισι δρόσος. Ὠριγένης, Εἰς Τo Ἀσμα Των Ἀσμάτων, Κεφάλαιον E´ Source: Migne PG 17.273b

Open to me, my beloved, my dear, my dove, for my head is utterly covered with dew and my curls with the raindrops of the night... 1 After 'open' it was necessary to add, 'to me,' because it is possible to open up to adversaries. As he seems to speak of the troublesome nature of the dew and of the night's rain, so it seems that he seeks relief from these things. Which befits these things which came before, for after the resurrection He came in through closed doors, and He invited Thomas, and through him every unbelieving soul, to open up the heart, to receive the full faith of the resurrection, calling him to say with all conviction, 'My Lord and my God.' 2 The dew declares the morning of the resurrection, for then the dew falls. Origen, Commentary On The Song Of Songs, Chapter 5 1 Song 5.2 2 Jn 20.24-28