41. So that the Lord Jesus Himself, invited
by such eager love and by the beauty of comeliness and grace, since now
no offences pollute the baptized, says to the Church:
“Place Me as a seal upon thy heart, as a signet upon thine
arm;” Cant.
viii. 6. that is,
thou art comely, My beloved, thou art all fair, nothing is wanting to
thee. Place Me as a seal upon thine heart, that thy faith may
shine forth in the fulness of the sacrament. Let thy works also
shine and set forth the image of God in the Whose image thou wast
made. Let no persecution lessen thy love, which many waters
cannot quench, nor many rivers drown.