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First Reading for the Optional Memorial of Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Sirach 15:1-6

Summary: Those who fear the Lord and seek wisdom will be guided, strengthened, and honored. Wisdom brings joy, understanding, and lasting glory to the one who holds fast to her.

The Gift of Wisdom

He who fears the LORD will do this; he who is practiced in the law will come to wisdom. Motherlike she will meet him, like a young bride she will embrace him, nourish him with the bread of understanding, and give him the water of learning to drink.

He will lean upon her and not fall, he will trust in her and not be put to shame. She will exalt him above his fellows; and in the midst of the assembly she will open his mouth and fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and clothe him with the robe of glory. Joy and gladness he will find, an everlasting name he will inherit.

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