Lovers And Beloveds

Indica mihi quem diligit anima mea.... Alter est dilectus animae et dilector animae; alter dilectus carnis et dilector carnis. Christus dilectus animae est et dilector. Mundus dilectus carnis est et dilector. Dilector qui diligit; dilectus qui diligitur. In hoc probatur quod Christus dilector animae est, quia in oculis ejus nihil interest qualis species carnis, ubi anima pulchra est. Dilectus autem animae ideo ipse est, quia in perfruendo ipso anima delectatur. Tale etenim bonum est sapientia, quo perfrui nisi rationalis natura non potest. Sicut caro mundo perfruitur et delectatur, et oculus carnis hoc diligit quod capit; et qui amat speciem, amat et illa quae speciem commendant. Hugo De Sancte Victore, Miscellanea, Liber I, Tit CXXXI, De dilectore et dilecto duplici Source: Migne PL 177.549b-c

Show me the one whom my soul loves... 1 The beloved of the soul and the lover of the soul is one thing, and the beloved of the flesh and the lover of the flesh is another. Christ is the beloved of the soul and the lover. The world is the beloved of the flesh and its lover. The lover is he who loves, the beloved what is loved. In this it is proved that Christ is the lover of the soul, because in His eyes there is no value in the state of the flesh when the soul is beautiful. And He is the beloved of the soul because in Him the soul delights to have joy. Such a good is wisdom, which is enjoyed only if a rational nature is present. And the flesh takes joy in the world and it is charmed, and the eye of the flesh loves what it grasps, and he who loves appearance, loves those things which commend appearance. Hugh Of Saint Victor, Miscellanea, Book 1, Chapter 131, On The Two Types of Lover And Beloved 1 Song 1.6