Friday of the 3rd Week of Ordinary Time 2022, St Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor

Scripture Wisdom 7:15-16

May God grant me to speak as he would wish

and express thoughts worthy of his gifts,

since he himself is the guide of Wisdom,

since he directs the sages.

We are indeed in his hand, we ourselves and our words,

with all our understanding, too, and technical knowledge.

Observation

Even Aquinas recognised the limitations of his understanding and ability to explain what he understood.

Application

I try to understand what is utterly beyond me and I try top explain to others what I don't understand myself. Seems like complete folly, but it is perhaps the most important thing I can do.

Prayer

Lord, my words an knowledge are not enough. Speak through me, lend me the words that I can't find and the knowledge that I cannot learn by myself. We are all in need of your revelation. Help me to share it even when I don't understand it. Amen.

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