Wisdom

Notes of Meeting on 18 September 2018

Baruch 4 v 1-14
¹ She (Wisdom) is the book of God's commandments, the Law that stands for ever; those who keep her shall live, those who desert her shall die.

² Turn back, Jacob, seize her, in her radiance make your way to light:
³ do not yield your glory to another, your privilege to a people not your own.
⁴ Israel, blessed are we: what pleases God has been revealed to us!
⁵ Take courage, my people, memorial of Israel!
⁶ You were sold to the nations, but not for extermination. You provoked God; and so were delivered to your enemies,
⁷ since you had angered your Creator by offering sacrifices to demons, and not to God.
⁸ You had forgotten the eternal God who reared you. You had also grieved Jerusalem who nursed you,
⁹ for when she saw God's anger falling on you, she said: Listen, you neighbours of Zion: God has sent me great sorrow.
¹⁰ I have seen my sons and daughters taken into captivity, which the Eternal brought down on them.
¹¹ I had reared them joyfully; in tears, in sorrow, I watched them go away.
¹² Do not, any of you, exult over me, a widow, deserted by so many; I am bereaved because of the sins of my children, who turned away from the Law of God,
¹³ who did not want to know his precepts and would not follow the ways of his commandments or tread the paths of discipline as his justice directed.
¹⁴ Come here, neighbours of Zion! Remember my sons' and daughters' captivity, which the Eternal brought down on them.

Psalm 121

¹ I lift up my eyes to the mountains –
    where does my help come from?
² My help comes from the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.

³ He will not let your foot slip –
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
⁴ indeed, he who watches over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵ The Lord watches over you –
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
⁶ the sun will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

⁷ The Lord will keep you from all harm –
    he will watch over your life;
⁸ the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and for evermore.

Lord grant is the wisdom of seeking your will in our lives, help us to follow you and remain faithful to you. Help us keep to your ways and repent of the times we follow our own paths that take us away from you.
Thank you that you remain faithful and always call us back to you.

 

Wisdom

Notes of meeting on 22 June 2010

Picture of Mary with the child Jesus.
Jesus hands Mary a lily with the word 'Wisdom' written on it.

Thank you for the gift of Mary our Mother,the Seat of Wisdom.
May we be open to the gift of Wisdom - of doing God's will as Mary did.

Grant us a Spirit of Wisdom.

Romans 10 v 8 - 17

8But what does it say?
‘The word is near you,
on your lips and in your heart’
(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. 11The scripture says, ‘No one who believes in him will be put to shame.’ 12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. 13For, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’ 16But not all have obeyed the good news; for Isaiah says, ‘Lord, who has believed our message?’ 17So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.

Lord grant us faith in you and help us to witness to you in the way you wish us to.