His throat is exceedingly sweet and completely desirable. (Song 5:16)
Here at this point the Bride has finished speaking about the beauty
and harmony of the Bridegroom’s body; now she has introduced a few things about
his divinity. Through the throat, of course, we consume every good, whether it
be the sweet or bitter; so too the keenness of the divine understanding sorts
out and scrutinizes all the interior movements of the heart. Hence the
Bridegroom’s Godhead is correctly understood through his throat, which is
described as being exceedingly sweet, inasmuch as divine sweetness
surpasses every sweetness. Hence it follows, And completely desirable,
because he excels every longed-for thing—he upon whom the angels wish to gaze
(1 Pet 1:12). (In Praise of the Virgin Mary, The God-Bearer: Alan of Lille’s
Concise Elucidation of the Song of Songs [trans. Ann W. Astell; Collegeville,
Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2025], 85)
