Pentecost Season · Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
Wisdom 11:22-12:2
God's Justice Tempered by Mercy
November 5, 2028
Overview & Insights
“Your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all.” (Wisdom 12:16)
This passage reflects on God as the one who cares for all people and has no other god to answer to. Because his strength is the very source of justice, he governs the world with mildness, and by his example he teaches his people that the just must also be kind.
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Commentary
Wisdom of Solomon 11 - Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary StudyLight
Haydock is the one full Catholic commentary set on the apocrypha available online.
Wisdom of Solomon 12 - Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary StudyLight
Covers the second half of the pericope in the same Catholic commentary set.
Wisdom 11 (Haydock) Haydock Commentary
A classic Douay-Rheims Catholic commentary, one of the few that treats the deuterocanonical books verse by verse.
Background & Word Study
Wisdom of Solomon 11 Sefaria
Gives the Greek-tradition text of Wisdom alongside Jewish reference tools.
Wisdom, Chapter 11 (Douay-Rheims) New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia
The Catholic Douay-Rheims text with verse-by-verse Challoner notes.
Book of Wisdom - Catholic Encyclopedia New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia
Explains the book's authorship, canonicity, and Alexandrian setting.
Wisdom Literature Overview BibleProject
Frames how wisdom books like this one talk about God's character.
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