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Reflection
 119:   Based on the Vatican II document 
Gaudium et Spes (Church in the world) 
Article 15

 


"The intellectual nature of the human person is perfected by wisdom and needs to be,
for wisdom gently attracts our minds to a quest and a love for what is true and good.

The future of the world stands in peril unless wiser leaders are forthcoming.
It should also be pointed out that many nations, poorer in economic goods,
are quite rich in wisdom, and can offer noteworthy advantages to others."

These words ring a bell about something I read last year:
a beautiful reflection by Brian Lewis entitled "Conscience as wisdom of the heart"

God, make us know the shortness of our lives
that we may gain wisdom of heart

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