After missing one day, 18th Nov, this blog resumes its work of searching for wisdom in the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, 1 Mc 2:15-29 15 The king’s commissioners who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein for the sacrifices. 16 Many Israelites gathered round them, but Mattathias […]

Reading 1, 2 Mc 6:18-23 18 Eleazar, one of the foremost teachers of the Law, a man already advanced in years and of most noble appearance, had his mouth forced open, to make him eat a piece of pork. 19 But he, resolving to die with honour rather than to live disgraced, walked of his […]

This Blog uses the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church to discover wisdom for living.  Reading 1, 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 10 From these there grew a wicked offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome, he became king in the 107th year of the kingdom of the […]

This blog uses the daily bible readings of the Catholic to discover wisdom for daily living  Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25 10:11 And every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. 10:12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single […]

 Reading 1, Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9 14 When peaceful silence lay over all, and night had run the half of her swift course, 15 down from the heavens, from the royal throne, leapt your all-powerful Word like a pitiless warrior into the heart of a land doomed to destruction. Carrying your unambiguous command like a sharp […]

This blog uses the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church to find wisdom for each day’s life.  Reading 1, Wis 13:1-9 1 Yes, naturally stupid are all who are unaware of God, and who, from good things seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is, or, by studying the works, have not recognised the […]

Reading 1, Wis 7:22b—8:1 22 For within her is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, incisive, unsullied, lucid, invulnerable, benevolent, shrewd, 23 irresistible, beneficent, friendly to human beings, steadfast, dependable, unperturbed, almighty, all-surveying. She enters into all intelligent, pure and very subtle spirits; 24 For Wisdom is quicker to move than any motion; […]

The readings, taken from the Catholic Daily Lectionary, are broadly thematic, but are applied by me to the daily circumstances of my life in Scotland. Other contributions are welcome.  Reading 1, Wis 6:1-11 1 Listen then, kings, and understand; rulers of remotest lands, take warning; 2 hear this, you who govern great populations, taking pride […]

This blog uses the Catholic Daily Bible readings to look for wisdom.  Psalm 34 11 Come, my children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.  12 Who among you delights in life, longs for time to enjoy prosperity?  13 Guard your tongue from evil, your lips from any breath of […]

This blog is an attempt to look at everyday life with the wisdom offered by the Daily Bible readings of the Catholic Church.   PSALM 139 Lord, you examine me and know me,  2 you know when I sit, when I rise, you understand my thoughts from afar.  3 You watch when I walk or […]