Wisdom invites to her table
1 ① Wisdom has built her house
set upon seven pillars; 2she has slaughtered her beasts,
prepared her wine and laid her table. 3Next, she sent her servants to call
from the central square of the city, 4“Pass by here, you who are fools.”
To the senseless she says, 5“Come, eat and drink
of the bread and wine I have prepared. 6Give up your foolishness and you will live;
take the straight path of discernment.” 7He who corrects a mocker gains insults; and he who reprimands an evildoer receives abuse. 8Do not rebuke the mocker lest he hate you, but counsel the wise who will be grateful. 9Give to the wise man and he will become wiser each day; teach an upright man and he will increase his wisdom.
10Fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom and to know the Holy One brings discernment. 11Then I will multiply your days and increase your years of life. 12If you are wise your wisdom will work to your advantage, but if you mock you alone will be harmed.
13Lady Foolishness is impetuous, a simpleton who knows nothing. 14She sits at the door of her house, on a throne in the central square of the city, 15to invite all passersby, “Come here, whoever is ignorant.” 16To the foolish she says, 17“Stolen waters are sweet and pilfered bread is the tastiest.”
18But he does not see the Shadow world lying there; nor realize that its guests are heading towards the abyss of death.
- Pro 9,1 We will easily discover the image of Christ in these few verses. Wisdom is the image of the Son of God. We find the invitation to the banquet in Matthew 22:4. Rich and poor, sensible and foolish people, all are called to change their lives. The bread and the wine which Wisdom gives will one day be the body and blood of Christ (see Jn 6). God is always present in our lives; he gives himself and nourishes us. We are invited to open our hands to take what he offers. Each day, he gives us what we need to solve the problems of humanity now.
