Monday Seventh Week Ordinary Time
May 16,2005Reading I Sirach 1:1-10
All wisdom comes from the LORD and with him it remains forever, and is before all time
The sand of the seashore, the drops of rain, the days of eternity: who can number these?
Heaven's height, earth's breadth, the depths of the abyss: who can explore these? Before all things else wisdom was created; and prudent understanding, from eternity. The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom and her ways are everlasting. To whom has wisdom's root been revealed? Who knows her subtleties? To whom has the discipline of wisdom been revealed?
And who has understood the multiplicity of her ways ? There is but one, wise and truly awe-inspiring, seated upon his throne: There is but one, Most High all-powerful creator-king and truly awe-inspiring one, seated upon his throne and he is the God of dominion. It is the LORD; he created her through the Holy Spirit, has seen her and taken note of her. He has poured her forth upon all his works, upon every living thing according to his bounty; he has lavished her upon his friends.
The Lord is the source of all wisdom, the vastness of creation attests to this. Wisdom is a creation of God embued with the Holy Spirit, a gift from God. The beauty and presence of God and the divine presence in all the wonders of creation, the water, the sky, the fields, the creatures make my heart leap with joy. The goodness of nature is witnesses to the Divine prescence and the wisdom of the Creator God.
All wisdom comes from the LORD and with him it remains forever, and is before all time
The sand of the seashore, the drops of rain, the days of eternity: who can number these?
Heaven's height, earth's breadth, the depths of the abyss: who can explore these? Before all things else wisdom was created; and prudent understanding, from eternity. The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom and her ways are everlasting. To whom has wisdom's root been revealed? Who knows her subtleties? To whom has the discipline of wisdom been revealed?
And who has understood the multiplicity of her ways ? There is but one, wise and truly awe-inspiring, seated upon his throne: There is but one, Most High all-powerful creator-king and truly awe-inspiring one, seated upon his throne and he is the God of dominion. It is the LORD; he created her through the Holy Spirit, has seen her and taken note of her. He has poured her forth upon all his works, upon every living thing according to his bounty; he has lavished her upon his friends.
The Lord is the source of all wisdom, the vastness of creation attests to this. Wisdom is a creation of God embued with the Holy Spirit, a gift from God. The beauty and presence of God and the divine presence in all the wonders of creation, the water, the sky, the fields, the creatures make my heart leap with joy. The goodness of nature is witnesses to the Divine prescence and the wisdom of the Creator God.
posted by Joan Morris at 7:48 PM
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