November – Depressing or Uplifting?
When I was young and thought time just seemed to be dragging on, my mother used to tell me that once you get out of school, time will fly. And the older you get, the quicker it will seem to go. Along with many other things she told me, this has certainly proven to be true. It seems like summer just finished, yet here we are heading for the middle of November already. I have heard ...
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Wisdom and Choice
There are three prayers that I have known for as long as I can remember. “Now I lay me down to sleep …” “Our Father …” and … the Serenity prayer. My grandmother had a plaque hanging by her kitchen sink, that I liked to ask people to read: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
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As is the case with so many of our Sunday Scripture readings, there is a common theme, an overlap, between the first reading and the Gospel passage. Both deal with “wisdom.” In the first reading, from the Book of Wisdom itself, the author presents wisdom as a strikingly attractive woman. Wisdom in the gospel, however, is preparedness and not alertness. All 10 bridesmaids fall asleep. None of them remain alert, but five were considered wise because they were prepared.
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