The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Lectio:
PRV 8:22-31
Thus says the wisdom of God:
"The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways,
the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago;
from of old I was poured forth,
at the first, before the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains or springs of water;
before the mountains were settled into place,
before the hills, I was brought forth;
while as yet the earth and fields were not made,
nor the first clods of the world.
"When the Lord established the heavens I was there,
when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
when he made firm the skies above,
when he fixed fast the foundations of the earth;
when he set for the sea its limit,
so that the waters should not transgress his command;
then was I beside him as his craftsman,
and I was his delight day by day,
playing before him all the while,
playing on the surface of his earth;
and I found delight in the human race."
"The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways,
the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago;
from of old I was poured forth,
at the first, before the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains or springs of water;
before the mountains were settled into place,
before the hills, I was brought forth;
while as yet the earth and fields were not made,
nor the first clods of the world.
"When the Lord established the heavens I was there,
when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
when he made firm the skies above,
when he fixed fast the foundations of the earth;
when he set for the sea its limit,
so that the waters should not transgress his command;
then was I beside him as his craftsman,
and I was his delight day by day,
playing before him all the while,
playing on the surface of his earth;
and I found delight in the human race."
Studium:
This is a poem and Wisdom is personified as a woman.
A woman that is desired, close to Yahweh. She worked along side Him. It looks like she is a reflection of Yahweh. And the Torah has Wisdom present even before the creation.
A woman that is desired, close to Yahweh. She worked along side Him. It looks like she is a reflection of Yahweh. And the Torah has Wisdom present even before the creation.
Meditatio:
The poem seems to delight in creation, and that includes mankind. "I found delight in the human race." Our entire world is beautiful.
Oratio:
Lord, Your world is beautiful. Help me keep it that way. Man destroys all that he touches. Show me how to care for Your creation.
Contemplatio:
God is good. All that He creates is good. Man is made in the image of God. God actually breathed life into us.
Resolutio:
I'm taking care of my garden, tomorrow.
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