October 13th : First reading I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thronesA reading from the book of Wisdom 7: 7-11

October 13th :  First reading 

I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thrones

A reading from the book of Wisdom 7: 7-11 

I prayed, and understanding was given me;

I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.

I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones;

compared with her, I held riches as nothing.

I reckoned no priceless stone to be her peer,

for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand,

and beside her silver ranks as mud.

I loved her more than health or beauty,

preferred her to the light,

since her radiance never sleeps.

In her company all good things came to me,

at her hands riches not to be numbered.

The Word of the Lord.