Ordinary Time · Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B
Wisdom 7:7-11
Wisdom Prized Above Scepter and Gold
October 10, 2027
Overview & Insights
"I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called on God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me." (Wisdom 7:7)
Solomon tells how he prayed for understanding and received the spirit of wisdom, which he valued more than scepters, thrones, riches, and precious stones. Compared to wisdom, gold is a little sand and silver is counted as clay, for all good things came to him along with her.
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Commentary
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Agape Bible Study
A Catholic study of the day's readings that opens Solomon's prayer for wisdom and ties it to the Gospel's call to leave riches behind.
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Dr. Brant Pitre treats the first reading from Wisdom and its place alongside the Gospel of the rich man.
Background & Word Study
Wisdom 7 (Douay-Rheims)Wis 7 (Douay-Rheims) New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia
The Douay text of the passage with the Latin Vulgate alongside for close reading.
The Book of WisdomThe Book of Wis New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia
The standard Catholic introduction to the book: how it was written, in what language, and how it came to stand where it does.
Wisdom 7 (NABRE, with footnotes)Wis 7 (NABRE, with footnotes) USCCB
The text as the Church reads it, with the notes that set the passage in its own moment.
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