Life Reflections

‘ One theme the book of Wisdom takes up is knowing God through contemplating the natural word around us: ” For from thre greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator’ (Wisdom 3:5)”. We can only see this, though, if we sit still. As the poet T.S. Eliot wrote, “Teach us to care and not to care. Teach us to sit still.”

‘Wise people are still and calm when everyone else is rushing around in a flap. Because wisdom is not something we just get ourselves: it is a gift. “The spirit of Wisdom came to me.” If you watched the TV series The Monastery or The Convent, you will have noticed how the busy people who shared the monks’ and nuns’ lives for forty days gained wisdom through time of quiet and inactivity. Some who had been atheists came to believe in God.

‘Jesus’ wise advice, “Go, sell everyt5hing you own and give the money to the poor”, was not popular with young man who heard it. The often tragic personal lives of wealthy celebrities shows that riches alone do not bring wisdom or happiness.

‘And when we start to let go, we will be repaid ” a hundred times over in this present time” as well as in eternal life. We will be wise people, with Our Lord Jesus, who is the Wisdom of God.’

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