We have some common sense understanding that advice
often has the value that we have paid for it. The texts today from the Roman CatholicLectionary bring us to attend to the truth that Wisdom personified in the Book
of the Wisdom of Sirach is a deep relationship with God which we are invited to
experience through the process of trust in God and discipline in choosing the
path indicated by Wisdom. Friar Jude Winkler mentions the difficulty of
discernment and purification which hallmarks of following the path of Wisdom.
In Christianity, we understand the gift of the Holy Spirit as the Advocate and
leader of our mission to deeper intimacy with God. Papa Francesco has recently taught about the purification of our
lives which is the fruit and challenge of the action of the Holy Spirit. Friar
Jude notes that when we look in the mirror we have the evidence that God works
to do good things through imperfect people. In the Gospel of Mark today Jesus
answers the question of John about others who are doing good deeds in the Name
of Jesus. Should they be stopped because they don’t have the franchise, or don’t
have the teaching or they are not giving the proper credit? Jesus answer is
that those who are not against Him are for Him. Friar Jude reminds us of the tendency
in Jewish teaching to present dualistic arguments which force us to seek Wisdom
to find truth as he compares the teaching of the Gospel today with the
declaration of Matthew 12:30 “He who is not with me is against me”.
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