God's Wisdom

Today during the Alleluia before the Gospel and tonight at Evening Prayer before the Magnificat, we sing the praise of God's Wisdom in the traditional "O" Antiphons.  These succinct and powerful verses help us to understand and appreciate the Event we will celebrate a week from now on Christmas Eve: the coming of our God as a child, one of us, into this world.  You may remember that we devoted our daily slice of bread to each one of these antiphons.  They are so rich, that we'll continue to draw wisdom and light from them, for as our world situation changes, their universality continues to make them relevant.
In a world where disorder, turmoil and upheaval are reaching the point of chaos, our first O Antiphon reminds us that true Wisdom comes from the mouth of God, reaches :"end to end"...of time, of the universe, and certainly of our planet, and "mightily and sweetly orders" all things.   It is God's wisdom, God's mighty power and gentleness that can settle the upheaval and resolve the disorder, if we are wise, courageous and prudent enough to accept it into our lives.  How much time are we all spending on Christmas cards and gifts, and thus avoiding this call to accept this Child, this Wisdom into our lives and becoming witnesses and evangelizers of this Gift? 
O Wisdom, coming for the from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end, mightily and sweetly ordering all things, come and teach us the way of prudence.
Bro. Rene