Second Half Wisdom

The texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary resonate with the description of the spiritual journey in the book Falling Upward by Richard Rohr. The episode from the Book of Daniel reveals the wisdom of Daniel and the esteem with which "elders", those who have the wisdom perspective of the "second half of life", a term used by Rohr, are regarded in many societies. The consequence of following the invitation of the Divine to a greater intimacy and vision of the beauty and simplicity of the Great Life Journey is isolation from those who continue to prefer competition over cooperation, war over peace, exclusion over inclusion, law over spirit, action over patience. The advice of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke is to endure and wait patiently for the Wisdom, insight and words which will fill and satisfy the thirst of our souls for the "Truth".