More wisdom (Wis 9:4-5)
The Latin:
Da mihi sédium tuárum assistrícem sapiéntiam, et noli me reprobáre a púeris tuis :
quóniam servus tuus sum ego, et fílius ancíllæ tuæ ; homo infírmus, et exígui témporis, et minor ad intelléctum iudícii et legum.
The English:
Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne, and cast me not off from among thy children: For I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid, a weak man, and of short time, and falling short of the understanding of judgment and laws.
[Wisdom 9 is a beautiful little prayer of Solomon. What caught my eye was this verse, spoken by Jim Caviezel in the Passion when he is given the cross (italicised). A new convert to Christianity I was watching the movie with could not explain what it was doing in the movie, since it doesn't form part of the Gospel account. But a lot in the movie doesn't, because the storyline adapts mystical visions, also.]
