FIRST READING: Wisdom 7: 22 -- 8: 1
22
For in her is the spirit of understanding: holy, one, manifold,
subtile, eloquent, active, undefiled, sure, sweet, loving that which
is good, quick, which nothing hindereth, beneficent,
23
Gentle, kind, steadfast, assured, secure, having all power,
overseeing all things, and containing all spirits, intelligible,
pure, subtile.
24
For wisdom is more active than all active things: and reacheth
everywhere by reason of her purity.
25
For she is a vapour of the power of God, and a certain pure emanation
of the glory of the almighty God: and therefore no defiled thing
cometh into her.
26
For she is the brightness of eternal light, and the unspotted mirror
of God's majesty, and the image of his goodness.
27
And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself
the same, she reneweth all things, and through nations conveyeth
herself into holy souls, she maketh the friends of God and prophets.
28
For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom.
29
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of
the stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
30
For after this cometh night, but no evil can overcome wisdom.
1
She reacheth therefore from end to end mightily, and ordereth all
things sweetly.
89
For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
90
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it
continueth.
91
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
130
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding
to little ones.
135
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy
justifications.
175
My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall
help me.
20
And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should
come? he answered them, and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with
observation:
21
Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the
kingdom of God is within you.
22
And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when you shall
desire to see one day of the Son of man; and you shall not see it.
23
And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after,
nor follow them:
24
For as the lightening that lighteneth from under heaven, shineth unto
the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his
day.
25
But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this
generation.
