“Wisdom
speaks her own praises, in the midst of her people she glories in herself. She
opens her mouth in the assembly of the Most High, she glories in herself in the
presence of the Mighty One: I came forth from the mouth of the Most High and I
covered the earth like mist. I had my tent in the heights and my throne was a
pillar of cloud. I have spread my branches like a terebinth and my branches are
glorious and graceful. Approach me, you who desire me and take your fill of my
fruits, for memories of me are sweeter than honey, inheriting me is sweeter
than the honeycomb. They who eat me will hunger for more; they who drink me
will thirst for more. No one who obeys me will ever have to blush, no one who
acts as I dictate will ever sin” {Sirach 24:1-4,16,19-22}.
When was the
last time your words/write-ups/comments/gesticulations arouse the fear of God
[“Let the Word of Christ in all its richness find a home with you. Teach each
other and advise each other in all wisdom. With gratitude in your hearts sing
psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God” Col.3:16] in your neighbor/friend?
Hence bequeathing the wisdom and understanding of God to your personality
(‘keep them, put them into practice and other peoples will admire your wisdom
and prudence. Once they know what these laws are, they will exclaim, No other
people is as wise and prudent as this great nation!’ Deut.4:6) or is it all
about promoting lust, devious thoughts, cheating tendency within the confines
of you are sexy/horny/smart/subtle/ a diva e.t.c for your friends that are
wearing nude/half-nude/transparent/skimpy/fitted clothes also for those very
good at lying (Rev.21:8) to their wards in order to operate at levels that are
beyond their normal lifestyle[“No foul word should ever cross your lips; let your
words be for the improvement of others, as occasion offers and do good to your
listeners” Eph.4:29].
When last did
you allow yourself to be used, ridiculed and mocked by sin with a grave (‘all
law-breaking is like a two-edged sword, the wounds it inflicts are beyond cure’
Sirach 21:3) wound (fornication, adultery, pornography, masturbation, indecency
in dress/speech/profile pictures or downloads/thoughts, lesbianism, sugar
mummy/daddy, incest
[cousin-to-cousin/mother-to-son/father-to-daughter/sister-to-brother],
bestiality [sex with animals], prostitution, homosexuality e.t.c) with
intimidations/deceits like {stop behaving like a child, use what you have to
get what you want, others are doing it}, unforgiving spirit, anger, backbiting,
heresy, abortion, murder, stealing, lying, silence over another’s sinful
lifestyle, rejection of the word of God, pride, idolatry, quarrelling, glutton,
drunkenness, partying spirit, spite e.t.c. You are just denying the presence of
God’s Spirit of wisdom within you (‘so if anyone declares himself for me in the
presence of human beings, I will declare myself for him in the presence of my
Father in heaven. But the one who disowns me in the presence of human beings, I
will disown in the presence of my Father in heaven’ Mtt.10:32-33)
Are your ways
under the shelter of the Most High? (‘He who dwells in the shelter of the most
High and abides in the shade of the Almighty…’Ps.91:1-2) i.e
Your present
relationship with same/opposite sex on what motive?
Your
dress-code now, how many have thanked God for the wonder of his creation
(Ps.139:14) or are you a sorry image of God [‘the Lord regretted having made
human beings on earth and was grieved at heart’ Gen.6:6]?
The thoughts
of your heart presently are they yearning for sin/wickedness (“the Lord saw
that human wickedness was great on earth and that human hearts contrived
nothing but wicked schemes all day long” Gen.6:5; ‘watch yourselves or your
hearts will be coarsened by debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life
and that day will come upon you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come down
on all those living on the face of the earth’ Lk.21:34-35) or the righteous
touch of the Father {‘as a deer yearns for running streams so I yearn for you,
my God’ Ps.42:1}?
When last did
you feed spiritually on the Wisdom of God {GOD; ‘in the beginning was the Word:
the Word was with God and the Word was God’ Jn.1:1} and the Body and Blood of
Christ worthily (The Eucharistic Jesus; “Jesus replied to them: In all truth I
tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood you
have no life in you” Jn.6:53) or tried visiting HIM for a heart to heart chat
[‘come to me, all you who labor and are overburdened and I will give you rest’
Mtt.11:28] because of your long absence from the sacrament of reconciliation
under the self-deceit and incomplete understanding you harbor within your heart
or deceitful oratory of some fellows that ‘you need not confess your sins to
God through a priest’ yet the people he cured (Lk.17:11-19); who were tagged
unclean by the words of Leviticus as it is contained in the mosaic law he
instructed them to go and show themselves to the priest in order to complete
the ritual cleansing hence after ordaining his apostles (Lk.22:19-20) and
seeing the reaction of Judas who received his body unworthily did
{Mtt.27:3-10}, Christ left us with the avenue of complete cleansing through his
apostles (“after saying this he breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy
Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone’s
sins, they are retained” Jn.20:22-23) whose teachings and instructions are
linked singularly to catholic priests {Mtt.16:18,Lk.22:28-30, Eph.2:20, 1
Cor.3:11}.
Feeding daily
on the Body and Blood of Christ with the right frame of mind {1 Cor.11:26-27}
makes one closer to God and reduces much of the desire to sin in man as well as
creating personal time to chat with Him in the chapel especially after receiving
Him authenticates righteousness consistently within mortals (“anyone who does
eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life and I shall raise that person
up on the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink”
Jn.6:54-55)
JESUS, THE
INCARNATE WISDOM.
Make our
hearts like unto Thine!!!
MARY, Seat of
Wisdom.
Pray for
us!!!
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