FIRST READING "Wisdom is the radiance of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the activity of God" Reading the Book of Wisdom 7, 22 - 8, 10

11 November 2021, General Week 32nd - Thursday 

FIRST READING 

"Wisdom is the radiance of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the activity of God" 

Reading the Book of Wisdom 7, 22 - 8, 10 

There is in Wisdom an

intelligent and holy spirit ,

unique and multiple,

subtle and rapid;

piercing, crisp, clear and intact;

friend of good, lively, irresistible,

beneficent, friend of men;

firm, sure and peaceful,

all-powerful and all-watching,

penetrating all minds,

even the most intelligent, the purest, the most subtle.

    Wisdom, in fact, moves with a movement

which surpasses all the others;

it crosses and penetrates everything because of its purity.

    For it is the breath of the power of God,

the pure emanation of the glory of the Sovereign of the universe;

also nothing defiled can reach it.

    She is the radiance of eternal light,

the spotless mirror of God's activity,

the image of his goodness. 

    As she is unique, she can do anything;

and without going out of itself, it renews the universe.

From age to age, it is transmitted to holy souls,

to make them prophets and friends of God.

    For God loves only those who live with Wisdom.

    It is more beautiful than the sun,

it surpasses all the constellations;

if we compare it to the light of day,

we find it much superior,

    for the day fades before the night,

but against Wisdom, evil can do nothing.

    She deploys her vigor from one end of the world to the other,

she rules the universe with kindness. 

            - Word of the Lord.