MEMORIAL OF ST. MARTIN OF TOURS, BISHOP - 2021

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

I am the vine,
you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me, with me in him,
bears fruit in plenty,
says the Lord. JN 15:5

WISDOM 7:22-8:1 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

This beautiful hymn to the Wisdom of God is completely and absolutely contrary to the wisdom touted by the world. The world does its best to obfuscate the truth which illumines Wisdom. There is no darkness in Wisdom, and all that is attributed to Wisdom in this hymn are attributes of God. Hence, nothing and no one but God who is all good and all holy possesses her fully, wholly, and completely. 

The Eternal Word of the Father encompasses all Wisdom. The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

The Eternal Word of the Father is Truth that illumines the Way leading to fullness of Life in the Triune God. All who seek union with God have Wisdom for a friend.

In each generation she passes into holy souls,

she makes them friends of God and prophets;
for God loves only the man who lives with Wisdom.
She is indeed more splendid than the sun,
she outshines all the constellations;
compared with light, she takes first place,
for light must yield to night,
but over Wisdom evil can never triumph.
She deploys her strength from one end of the earth to the other,
ordering all things for good.