The O Antiphon for the Second Week of Advent reads:
O WISDOM,
who came forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end, and
ordering all things mightily and sweetly
Come and teach us the way of prudence.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
Wisdom is not related to
book-learning. It is, biblically, an
understanding of the way things work together, a comprehension of simple truths
related to the way things are. In Hebrew
lore, Wisdom was personified before coming to dwell in the tents of the children
of Abraham in the form of The Law. Of
all the requests that Solomon could have made when he ascended the throne of
Israel, that for which he asked, and which pleased God the most, was the gift
of wisdom. That the Messiah is cast as wisdom
fulfills the ancient hope of God’s people that this ancient, guiding force
which has been withdrawn from humankind
for a season, might return as an
assurance of God’s re-establishment of Creation Order and the perfect will of
God.
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