Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth,
The Glory of Action,
The Splendour of Beauty;For Yesterday is but a Dream,And To-morrow is only a Vision;
But To-day well lived makes
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.So therefore in your Wisdom
Look well to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!
The Gift of Wisdom
Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your Wisdom and Love Amen
The Gift of Wisdom corresponds to the Virtue of Charity and enables us to act in accordance with the Spirit of the Commandments.
Love is the keystone of Wisdom.
Jesus summed up the Commandments as:
Love and Reverence to God and
Love and Respect to Neighbour for God's sake.
Wisdom means understanding the consequence of our action and words before we speak.
Wisdom means having the knowledge and understanding to recognise the right course of action and having the will and courage to follow it.
Following the ways of Wisdom helps bring us in harmony with God because these ways are in accordance with his will, and they bring us in harmony with other persons because respect for others is the very basis of the Commandment.
With you is Wisdom who knows Your works who understands what is pleasing in Your sight and what is right according to Your commandments
(Wisdom 9:)
If any of you lacks Wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
(James 1:5)
If there is any wise or learned people among you let them show it by their good lives
with Humility and Wisdom in their actions
(James 3; 13 -17)
Give us the Grace to accept with Serenity
The things that cannot be changed
Courage to change the things that can be changed and the
Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.