God is become everything to you, and God has made everything for you. He has made the dwelling, and is become your refuge. This one is all, and this all is one.
It is the house of God, it is the city of the King, it is the body of Christ, it is the bride of the Lamb. It is the heaven, it is the sun, it is the moon, it is the morning star, the daybreak and the evening. It is the trumpet, it is the mountain, and the desert, and the promised land. It is the ship, it is the way across the sea. It is the net, the vine, the field.
It is the ark, the barn, the stable, and the manger. It is the beast of burden, and it is the horse. It is the storehouse, the court, the wedding-chamber, the tower, the camp, the battle-front.
It is the people, and the kingdom, and the priesthood. It is the flock and the shepherd, the sheep and the pastures. It is paradise, it is the garden, it is the palm, the rose, the lily.
It is the fountain and the river; it is the door, it is the dove, it is the raiment, it is the pearl, it is the crown, it is the scepter, and it is the throne. It is the table and the bread, it is the spouse, the mother, the daughter and the sister.
And, to sum it all up, it was for this, with a view to this, on account of this, that the whole of Scripture was made. For this, the Word was made flesh, God was made humble, man was made sublime. If you have this, then you have everything.
Hugh of St Victor
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