Sunday 13 October 2024

Today is Sunday the 13th of October, beginning the 28th week of Ordinary Time.

Salt of the Sound sings, ‘Come Thou Fount’.

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love
Here I raise to Thee an altar
Hither by Thy help I'm come
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed his precious blood
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Here's my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above




Today’s reading is from the Book of Wisdom.

Wisdom 7:7-11

Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me;
I called on God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
I preferred her to sceptres and thrones,
and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.
Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem,
because all gold is but a little sand in her sight,
and silver will be accounted as clay before her.
I loved her more than health and beauty,
and I chose to have her rather than light,
because her radiance never ceases.
All good things came to me along with her,
and in her hands uncounted wealth.

Today, we have an opportunity to pray with wisdom.

Spend a moment reflecting on wisdom itself… how would you describe or imagine wisdom?

We hear of the preciousness of wisdom in this passage, preferred over beautiful gems and gold. Do you seek out wisdom in this way?

As you hear the passage again, notice if a particular line stays with you…

‘Therefore, I prayed, and understanding was given me;
I called on God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.’

Are you seeking understanding and wisdom in your life today? Why not ask God now?

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.