IS IT LAWFUL TO DO GOOD RATHER THAN TO DO EVIL

1 Cor 5,1-8; Ps 5; Lk 6,6-11
10 SEPTEMBER
With instinct, even the holiest, one might never govern a single heart. It is necessary that it be in turn governed with wisdom. Hearts might not even be governed with the truth. Whoever wants to enter into the hearts must be full of wisdom, indeed he must walk with the Holy Spirit that is the divine and eternal Wisdom. What in Scripture is said of wisdom today is no longer sufficient. It is urgent to pass from the fruit to the tree itself. The fruit is the notes of wisdom, the tree is the Holy Spirit.

Now God grant I speak suitably and value these endowments at their worth: For he is the guide of Wisdom and the director of the wise. For both we and our words are in his hand, as well as all prudence and knowledge of crafts. For he gave me sound knowledge of existing things, that I might know the organization of the universe and the force of its elements, The beginning and the end and the midpoint of times, the changes in the sun’s course and the variations of the seasons. Cycles of years, positions of the stars, natures of animals, tempers of beasts, Powers of the winds and thoughts of men, uses of plants and virtues of roots – Such things as are hidden I learned and such as are plain; for Wisdom, the artificer of all, taught me. For in her is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, Manifold, subtle, agile, clear, unstained, certain, Not baneful, loving the good, keen, unhampered, beneficent, kindly, Firm, secure, tranquil, all-powerful, all-seeing, And pervading all spirits, though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle. For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion, and she penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity. For she is an aura of the might of God and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nought that is sullied enters into her. For she is the refulgence of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the power of God, the image of his goodness. And she, who is one, can do all things, and renews everything while herself perduring; And passing into holy souls from age to age, she produces friends of God and prophets. For there is nought God loves, be it not one who dwells with Wisdom. For she is fairer than the sun and surpasses every constellation of the stars. Compared to light, she takes precedence; for that, indeed, night supplants, but wickedness prevails not over Wisdom (Wis 7,15-30).

All these notes and characteristics of Wisdom are not sufficient to penetrate the wall of the false knowledge of the Commandment of God and to pierce it. It is necessary for the Holy Spirit to speak. If Christ said the pure truth of the Father would be stoned instantly. Instead He asks for help from the Holy Spirit, to whom only one question is enough to draw all those present on the side of Jesus. Can you do good on a Sabbath? Can a life be saved on a Sabbath y? No one who is sane would dare to think that good should not be done and life is not to be saved. Now that the Holy Spirit has brought those present to the side of Jesus, He can work the miracle. If the crowd had not been on his side, Jesus could have never worked the miracle. Truth alone is not enough. It must be used with infinite and eternal wisdom, the present gift of the Holy Spirit. Walking with the Spirit, filled with the Holy Spirit, always makes us givers and preachers of the truth according to divine and eternal wisdom.

On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the Sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him. But he realized their intentions and said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up and stand before us.” And he rose and stood there. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” Looking around at them all, he then said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so and his hand was restored. But they became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

Truth and wisdom must never be separated, just as the Holy Spirit and wisdom must always be united. Today man is foolish. He thinks he can be wise by separating and detaching himself from the Spirit of the Lord. It’s just foolishness! Infinite folly! Never God will give his divine gifts if we separate ourselves from his Holy Spirit.

Wise Virgin, Angels and Saints make us one with the Holy Spirit.