Daily Retreat 11/05/07
2007 Nov 5 Mon
Rom 11:29-36/ Ps 68(69):30-31. 33-34. 36/ Lk 14:12-14
From today’s readings: “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! ... Lord, in Your great love, answer me.... When you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you....”
The depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God
All of us have known particularly wise or knowledgeable persons who impressed us with the depth and extent of their thinking. Whether it be in the realm of technology, medicine, history, literature, or perhaps even philosophy and theology, such enlightened people give you and me a healthy dose of humility as we face once again how much we have yet to learn about life and the world!
And yet, the wisest and most learned point out that all human wisdom and knowledge pales when compared to divine wisdom and knowledge. Left to ourselves, not even the wisest and most intelligent among us could scale even the foothills of divine wisdom and knowledge, which is why God revealed Himself and His plan of salvation in Christ Jesus. So divine wisdom and knowledge is accessible to us, not because of the sharpness of our intellects, but because of the gracious generosity of God.
That’s why spending time reading holy scriptures and studying and meditating on what we have read is one of the most ennobling human activities of all. It’s like driving a car (our intellect) equipped with a rocket engine (God’s Revelation) which takes us to heights above and beyond our human limitations - it takes us all the way up to the Heavens and God Himself!
Rom 11:29-36/ Ps 68(69):30-31. 33-34. 36/ Lk 14:12-14
From today’s readings: “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! ... Lord, in Your great love, answer me.... When you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you....”
The depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God
All of us have known particularly wise or knowledgeable persons who impressed us with the depth and extent of their thinking. Whether it be in the realm of technology, medicine, history, literature, or perhaps even philosophy and theology, such enlightened people give you and me a healthy dose of humility as we face once again how much we have yet to learn about life and the world!
And yet, the wisest and most learned point out that all human wisdom and knowledge pales when compared to divine wisdom and knowledge. Left to ourselves, not even the wisest and most intelligent among us could scale even the foothills of divine wisdom and knowledge, which is why God revealed Himself and His plan of salvation in Christ Jesus. So divine wisdom and knowledge is accessible to us, not because of the sharpness of our intellects, but because of the gracious generosity of God.
That’s why spending time reading holy scriptures and studying and meditating on what we have read is one of the most ennobling human activities of all. It’s like driving a car (our intellect) equipped with a rocket engine (God’s Revelation) which takes us to heights above and beyond our human limitations - it takes us all the way up to the Heavens and God Himself!
posted by FrPitstick | 11/03/2007
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