12/11/2023

The Wisdom that is praised in the first reading is the "fear of the Lord" that is yearned for in the Psalm. It is to live our lives in the secure knowledge that everything, including ourselves, is known by God. We live in time which is the result of  God's creation of the Universe. Each moment we live brings us closer to the end of time for each of us. 

Wisdom is the ability to live righteously in this world without succumbing to its attractions. Wisdom is to know that all of the material being that makes up my reality, myself and the objective reality of outside of me, will pass away.

No-one can know the, Father, Son and holy Spirit, except the Son in the ever greater being that is Trinity. Human Wisdom cannot contain the ever-greater Love that is the Creator, the Saviour and the Communicator. 

We all know ourselves. Human wisdom has thought billions of hours and written reams of paper  about ourselves. Jesus has lived, is living and will continue living in Eternal Time. He has written nothing except in the wind erased sand and yet is the source of all worthwhile "wisdom". 

If we don't strive after this wisdom that is the revealed Jesus and give ourselves over to the delights of the material world we will become the silly ones who went unrecognised by the bridegroom. Everything has been made clear to us. We can all do it. We can find the Joy and Rest that is the Eternal Being, our God.

Dear Lord you are the source of all that is good and an open door for all who seek "wisdom". May I become free from sin this day and as obedient to your will as Mary the human mother of our incarnate God. May the prayers of all the faithful, wise and foolish, be answered and let us see the Glory of God in Palestine again with an end to the killing which is human foolishness and overweening pride. Amen