At the conclusion of the first lecture in a college philosophy course, the professor asked for questions. “What is the difference between learning and wisdom,” a student asked. “Learning,” said the professor, is obtained by attending lectures given by others or reading books others have written. Wisdom is obtained by reading the book that is you — and that is not an easy task, as every minute of the day brings a revised edition of that book.”
In today’s Gospel Lesson, we hear once again about how in Luke’s words, “The Word of God” came to John the Baptist “in the wilderness.” And how “he went through the whole Jordan district proclaiming a baptism of repentance” (Lk. 3:2-3).
John’s mission, Luke tells us, was described centuries earlier by the Old Testament Prophet Isaiah as “a voice crying in the wilderness” (Lk. 3:4).
The voice crying in the wilderness, the voice proclaiming a Baptism of repentance, was the voice of Wisdom. “The promised…
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