Enlighten Hearts Ministries

Scripture: Sirach 14:60–15:10 (Douay-Rheims context)   Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honored in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people… She shall open her mouth in the church of the Most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power… She shall be sought for by her lovers… He that holdeth her shall inherit glory… She shall meet him as an honorable mother, and receive him as a wife married of virginity… With bread of life and understanding she shall feed him and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink.

  Scripture Focus Sirach 1:1–10 (Douay-Rheims) “ All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time. Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of eternity? Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss? Who hath searched out wisdom and wisdom that goeth before all things? Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting. The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments. To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels? To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps? There is one most high Creator Almighty, and his power is a great, and he is a mighty King, and greatly to be feared. The Lord alone was found to be perfect, and he was created wisdom, and sa...

Sirach 6:18–37 ( Douay-Rheims ) "M y son, gather instruction in thy youth , and thou shalt find wisdom till thy grey hairs. Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits. H ow very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her. She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long. For the wisdom of doctrine is according to her name, and she is not manifest unto many . B ut with them to whom she is known, she continueth even to the sight of God . Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice. P ut thy feet into her fetters, and thy neck into her chains : Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her, and be not grieved with her bands. Come to her with all thy mind, and keep her ways with all thy power. S earch for her, and she shall be made known to thee, and when thou...

Sirach 4:11–19 (Douay-Rheims) “Wisdom exalteth her children, and layeth hold of them that seek her. He that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.They that hold her fast, shall inherit glory: and wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will bless. They that serve her, shall minister to the Holy One: and God loveth them that love her. He that attentively heareth her, shall judge nations: and he that looketh upon her, shall remain secure. If he trust to her, he shall inherit her, and his generation shall continue. For she walketh with him in temptation, and at the first she chooseth him: she will bring upon him fear and dread and trial, and she will scourge him with the affliction of her discipline, till she try him by her laws, and trust his soul. Then she will strengthen him, and make a straight way to him, and give him joy, and will reveal her secrets to him, and will heap upon him knowledge and understanding of righteousness. But if he go astr...