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The title is great, and I certainly have much to be grateful for reaching the beautiful age of 70, but then I am reminded in Psalms 90:10 that “the length of our days is 70 years or 80 if we have strength.” Further on Moses prays: “Teach us to number our days so we may gain wisdom.”

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When have you been in a crisis that you couldn’t make sense of? How do you think the Holy Spirit might help you find the wisdom for what to do in that moment?

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That’s from the Book of Wisdom, (cfr. 6,1) simply telling us that true wisdom, the one that comes from and is a participation of the wisdom of God, is obviously far superior over whatever human strength and power we may have.

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When have you been in a crisis that you couldn’t make sense of? How do you think the Holy Spirit might help you find the wisdom for what to do in that moment?

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That’s from the Book of Wisdom, (cfr. 6,1) simply telling us that true wisdom, the one that comes from and is a participation of the wisdom of God, is obviously far superior over whatever human strength and power we may have.

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