https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101021.cfm
I quote:
I prayed, and prudence was given me;
I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
I preferred her to scepter and throne,
and deemed riches nothing in comparison with her,
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Enlightenment is understood to be the undeserved gift of the divine mystery inviting each of us to reveal His life, alive in our own.
The enlightened person is as likely to be a plumber, taxi driver, or street cleaner; even a cloistered nun, or those of us who visit this site.
In other words Our Father never discriminates when providing equal care for all His children, otherwise known to us as the human race.
When we arrive at that moment when we have no one to turn too, to discuss an overwhelming dilemma driving us to despair it is wise, and rewarding to speak in the silence of our darkest hour with Our Father, listening with a willingness to extricate us from our distress.
The Book of Wisdom supplies its readers with the understanding that within our life resides our greatest friend ready, and able to provide us with a resolution to the difficulties depressing our capacity to cope with. From my personal experience we will be asked to cooperate with the wisdom flowing into our conscious awareness resolving our predicament. In other words we will receive precise instructions that may well oblige us to begin living our life with our focus transferred to assisting others facing problems, greater than the matter that we had overcome by following the stream of wisdom designed to rescue us from our pit of despair.
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And if prudence is at work,
who in the world is a better artisan than she?
7
Or if one loves righteousness,
whose works are virtues,
She teaches moderation and prudence,
righteousness and fortitude,
and nothing in life is more useful than these
~ Wisdom 8
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