Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession? (Song of Songs 6:10)

The friends - daughters of Jerusalem - offer this astral adulation.

But for whom, the Lover or the Beloved? Perhaps for each - together - perhaps for Love itself.

We are drawn to the light. We are warmed by the fire. We are fulfilled by Love.

Above is from the Rothschild Canticle. Souls with crowns and sun collars emerge from the clouds around the edges of the picture frame. One soul floats upward towards Christ who wears a sun collar and swoops down to meet her.