Song of Songs 1:6
Douay-Rheims
Do not consider me that I am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not kept.
Ambrose of Milan
The church, having put on these garments through the laver of regeneration, says in the Song of Songs, "I am black and comely, O daughters of Jerusalem." Black through the frailty of its human condition, comely through the sacrament of faith. And the daughters of Jerusalem beholding these garments say in amazement, "Who is this that comes up made white?" She was black; how is she now suddenly made white?
Source details
A.D. 397 · on Song 1:5 (On the Mysteries 7:35)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.