and he
is altogether desirable.
Behold, she says altogether desirable; that is, He
is above entry desire—in Him every desire ceases, for there is found no further
desire to desire. In line with this, the Lord said, ‘Many prophets and kings
desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and
did not hear it’ (Mt 13:17). Elsewhere, the Lord said to the disciples, ‘The
day will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man,
and you shall not be able to see it’ (Lk 17:22). The tax collector Zaccheus desired
to see Him and, having spiritually seen God concealed in flesh, he tripped off
his status, and his possessions, recognizing that he desired only the Lord. The
apostles, having seen the altogether desirable One aright, left
everything—wife and children, father and mother and goods, and so on—and followed
Him (Mt 19:2-7, 28), for they recognized with certainty that among all the things
we desire to see’ the Lord (Lk 23:8), but the eyes of his spirit, blinded by
sin, darkened the sight of his corporeal eyes, which induced him to denigrate
the very thing he had desired. This happens now, too, among those who are unworthy
to see the wonders of HIs deeds; they do not see aright, for their guiding mind
has been blinded. (The Blessing of Blessings: Gregory of Narek’s Commentary
on the Song of Songs [trans. Robert Ervine; Cistercian Studies Series 215;
Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 2007], 158-59)
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