FIRST READING "I will give glory to the one who gives me Wisdom" A Reading from the book of Ben Sira the Wise (51, 12c-20)

SATURDAY  29 MAY 2021, 8th Week in Ordinary Time 

FIRST READING 

"I will give glory to the one who gives me Wisdom" 

A Reading from the book of Ben Sira the Wise (51, 12c-20) 

I want to give thanks and praise you, I will bless the name of the Lord. When I was still young and that I had not wandered here and there, in the eyes of all I sought Wisdom in my prayer. In front of the Temple, I prayed to receive her, and until the end I will seek her. From the flower to the maturity of the bunch, it has been the joy of my heart. My foot has stepped on the right path; since my youth, I have followed in his footsteps. It was enough for me to strain my ears a little to receive it, and I found great lessons in it. Thanks to her, I progressed; I will give glory to him who gives me Wisdom. I resolved to put it into practice, ardently I desired the good, and I will never have to regret it. For her, I valiantly fought, I put, in practicing the Fa, a lot of accuracy. I raised my hands to the sky, I lamented knowing her so badly. I directed my soul towards her, it is in the purity that I found her. With her, from the beginning, I found intelligence, which is why I will never be abandoned. 

- Word of the Lord. 

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