Song 2:12 | CPDV | STEP | Groom to Bride: Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance.

Song of Solomon 2:12

12 Groom to Bride: Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance. ^{▼▼2:12He calls her by several feminine terms: ‘amica’ (love or loved one), ‘columba’ (dove), ‘formosa’ (shapely one) and he calls her to come forward. +The Christ exhorts the Church to rise up in prayer, and to quickly advance along the path of holiness. Christ admires the beauty of the Church.(Conte)}