Today's readings are related to the issue of wisdom. Some will say it is a virtue currently in short supply in contemporary life and culture. A sign of this lacking might be that "wisdom" is a words not too often heard in regular conversation.
The readings speak of wisdom: in the first, you read of a prophet's appreciation of the gift; in the second, Jesus uses the virtue to challenge challengers.
Where do we find wisdom? How do we find it? There are two senses that inform or teach our minds and hearts: our eyes and our ears. It is both what we read and see in others and as well what we hear that help us strengthen a personal sense of wisdom.
What does this mean? The wise person is someone who is careful about what the eyes and ears bring to the mind and heart. What is read, what is watched, what is heard: these become for us either the source of wisdom or the reason we may fail in being wise.
Surely a little grist for us to chew on!
