By
Charles Muchiri
Wednesday,
February 8, 2012
Liturgical
Year B, Cycle II
Wednesday of the Fifth week in Ordinary Time
Readings for Mass
First Reading: First Kings 10: 1-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 37: 5-6, 30-31, 39-40
Gospel: Mark 7: 14-23
Saint Jerome Emiliani – Optional Memorial
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| Solomonic Wisdom |
This
Queen comes all the way to Israel, to listen to King Solomon’s wisdom.
And
she goes on to exclaim in bewilderment: “Happy are your men, happy these
servants of yours, who stand before you always and listen to your wisdom.” (1
Kings 10:8)
King
Solomon’s wisdom comes from the Lord: One, because he prayed to God for it, and
second, because he was always striving to please God, to follow His edicts.
And
significantly, God chose, not just to dwell in the structure that this king had
built for Him, but in his spirit!
So
much such that whatever came out of this kings mouth was pure Heavenly inspired
wisdom that would attract even the non-believers!
In
today’s Gospel, Christ tells us that what we eat is not as important as what
emanates from within us, from our hearts.
“From within people, from their
hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice,
deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come
from within and they defile." (Mark 7: 21 – 23)
So, let us strive to seek the Lord
(like the
queen of Sheba who seeks Solomon’s wisdom). Let us even go beyond the seeking;
let us have Him dwell within our hearts;
so that He may inspire us to be just; and so that as we murmur, that we may
murmur nothing else but wisdom!
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