Luke [7:31-35] Messengers from John the Baptist Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 7,31-35. Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are …More
Luke [7:31-35] Messengers from John the Baptist
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 7,31-35.
Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, 'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.'
For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, 'He is possessed by a demon.'
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, 'Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
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Saint Gregory the Great (c.540-604)
Pope, Doctor of the Church
Book XIII (Oxford John Henry Parker J. G. F., LONDON VOL1: 1844. VOL2: 1845. VOL3)
Become foolish to be wise before God
"And may I not find one wise man among you." (Job 17:10) For what does this mean, that he bids them to wisdom, and yet wishes that he may not find them wise, saving that they cannot come to true wisdom, who are deceived in confidence in their own false wisdom? Concerning whom it is written, Woe unto you that are wise in your own eyes, (Is. 5:21). and prudent in your own sight; (Rom. 12:16)
It is said again, Be not wise with your own selves; whence that same great preacher (Paul) sought that those, whom he found carnally wise, in order that they might attain true wisdom, should first become foolish; saying, "If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise." (1 Cor. 3:18). "Truth’ saith by Itself, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes "(Matt. 11:25) .
So because they that are wise in themselves cannot come to true wisdom, blessed Job, being anxious for the conversion of his hearers, rightly desires that he may not ‘find any wise man among them.’ As if he said to them in plain speech; ‘Learn to be foolish in your own selves, that ye may be truly wise in God.’
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 7,31-35.
Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, 'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.'
For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, 'He is possessed by a demon.'
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, 'Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB
Share the Gospel on Facebook
Saint Gregory the Great (c.540-604)
Pope, Doctor of the Church
Book XIII (Oxford John Henry Parker J. G. F., LONDON VOL1: 1844. VOL2: 1845. VOL3)
Become foolish to be wise before God
"And may I not find one wise man among you." (Job 17:10) For what does this mean, that he bids them to wisdom, and yet wishes that he may not find them wise, saving that they cannot come to true wisdom, who are deceived in confidence in their own false wisdom? Concerning whom it is written, Woe unto you that are wise in your own eyes, (Is. 5:21). and prudent in your own sight; (Rom. 12:16)
It is said again, Be not wise with your own selves; whence that same great preacher (Paul) sought that those, whom he found carnally wise, in order that they might attain true wisdom, should first become foolish; saying, "If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise." (1 Cor. 3:18). "Truth’ saith by Itself, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes "(Matt. 11:25) .
So because they that are wise in themselves cannot come to true wisdom, blessed Job, being anxious for the conversion of his hearers, rightly desires that he may not ‘find any wise man among them.’ As if he said to them in plain speech; ‘Learn to be foolish in your own selves, that ye may be truly wise in God.’