O WISDOM, COMING FORTH 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.: (Traditional O Antiphon)
Today's Gospel is taken from Matthew 1: 1-17, the genealogy of Jesus ordered in three segments of 14 (7 x 2, 7 being a number signifying completeness or perfection, and here, x 2!). Rather than cut our slice of Daily Bread from it, let us take a look at the first of the "O" Antiphons which reminds us of God's ordering or plan for all things: mighty, sweet, and emanating from his mouth. We have nothing to fear from the people and events in our lives; they are all part of his all-encompassing plan to help us live an orderly, prudent life. When we step outside the plan, which our free will allows us to do, we experience chaos, frustration and unhappiness. We pray today that we might remain in concert with the plan, begging the Wisdom or God, not our own, to guide us. Pray this often during the day (for many of us, while shoveling snow). Let it bring peace as well as prudence to us.
Bro Rene
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