April 17, 2012 – Sirach 24

I thought the image of Wisdom floating around the world when it was created and waiting for instruction.  Then God tells Wisdom to go to Jacob and Israel.  We often wonder why Israel is set apart.  God choose them to reveal Himself to the world. 

We see the power of Wisdom and all that it accomplishes.  Wisdom is so powerful, but I think we often confuse book smarts for Wisdom.  They are not completely connected.  Nor is street smarts all that we should consider.  Wisdom is different and much holier than what we can reach with just books or street smarts.  True Wisdom is a Gift from God that is supernatural and we really can’t explain how we know or understand something.  That is True Wisdom and we only need to open ourselves to God to get it. 

And look at Verse 21 - 21Those who eat of me will hunger still, those who drink of me will thirst for more.  We are called to eat Wisdom.  This leads us into the instructions of Christ about the Eucharist.