A reading from
the Song of Songs3:1-4b
The Bride says:/ On my bed at night I sought him/ whom my heart loves—/ I sought him but I did not find him./ I will rise then and go about the city;/ in the streets and crossings I will seek/ Him whom my heart loves./ I sought him but I did not find him./ The watchmen came upon me,/ as they made their rounds of the city:/ Have you seen him whom my heart loves?/ I had hardly left them/ when I found him whom my heart loves.
The word of the Lord.
