11/11/2021

The praise given to Wisdom is praise given to one of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is the power of our consciences to know right from wrong. It is given to all mankind as the intelligence of man. If we hold on to it we will not be deceived for it is God's support for our beings. The writer believes that it is an emanation from God and this idea is latched on to by early intellectual heretics who did find themselves misled into a morass of knowledge, Gnosis. It was not Wisdom however that did the misleading but their own pride. Recognising their own abilities and knowledge surpassed the humility that Wisdom gives us to know how small we are in relation to God. We are small in ourselves but great in the Love that God gives to us.

"The Kindom of God is with us" is Jesus' answer to the Pharisees. Jesus the eternal Word and Son was before the eyes of his questioners. We continue to ask the same question. Jesus still gives the same answer. Our Church is largely built on coping with that first disappointment; disciples longed to see him again, They had to wait for their own deaths. Many millions of us have lived lives filled with hope for the return of the Lord and now know the Eternity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Last Day will come in its own time and there will be a New Creation. Wisdom tells us to listen to God's Word in hope and know that he has prepared rooms for us and all his faithful discples in Eternal Being; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Dear Lord let me listen to your Word and let me not succumb to prideful and sinful thoughts. Care for all your world and bring comfort to the sick of my family who are all known to you.