From the book of the Wisdom of Solomon (a Deuterocanonical book) Chapter 12:3-11 12:3 The ancient inhabitants of your holy land 12:4 you hated for their loathsome practices, their acts of sorcery, and unholy rites. 12:5 Those ruthless murderers of children, those eaters of entrails at feasts of human flesh and of blood, those initiates … [Read more…]
From the book of the Wisdom of Solomon (a Deuterocanonical book) Chapter 11:21-26; 12:1-2 11:21 For your great power is always at your service, and who can withstand the might of your arm? 11:22 The whole world, for you, can no more than tip a balance, like a drop of morning dew falling on the … [Read more…]
From the book of the Wisdom of Solomon (a Deuterocanonical book) Chapter 9:1-18 9:1 ‘God of our ancestors, Lord of mercy, who by your word have made the universe, 9:2 and in your wisdom have fitted human beings to rule the creatures that you have made, 9:3 to govern the world in holiness and saving … [Read more…]
From the book of the Wisdom of Solomon (a Deuterocanonical book) Chapter 6:1-11 6:1 Listen then, kings, and understand; rulers of remotest lands, take warning; 6:2 hear this, you who govern great populations, taking pride in your hosts of subject nations! 6:3 For sovereignty is given to you by the Lord and power by the … [Read more…]
From the book of the Wisdom of Solomon (a Deuterocanonical book) Chapter 1:12-16 1:12 Do not court death by the errors of your ways, nor invite destruction through the work of your hands. 1:13 For God did not make Death, he takes no pleasure in destroying the living. 1:14 To exist — for this he … [Read more…]