OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 8:1

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Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?

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Verse 1. Voice. Men are wanting to themselves: they cannot plead ignorance. Calmet.—Wisdom stands on high in the Catholic Church inviting all to virtue and happiness. Worthington.—Some explain this of the light which is communicated to men; but the Fathers apply it to Jesus Christ, some of the expressions regarding his divinity, and others his human nature. Sirach 24.

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