There was a man there who had a withered hand

23 JANUARY (Mk 3,1-6)

Jesus is divinely wise, intelligent and leaned. He lives in a perfect way the mystery of wisdom as it is revealed in the Word of the Ancient Scripture. He lives of an always illuminated wisdom by the Holy Spirit. The light of the Spirit in him is beyond measure, full, perfect, full beyond any limit. Jesus is pervaded with the Holy Spirit.

Therefore I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. I preferred her to scepter and throne, And deemed riches nothing in comparison with her, nor did I liken any priceless gem to her; Because all gold, in view of her, is a little sand, and before her, silver is to be accounted mire. Beyond health and comeliness I loved her, And I chose to have her rather than the light, because the splendor of her never yields to sleep. Yet all good things together came to me in her company, and countless riches at her hands; And I rejoiced in them all, because Wisdom is their leader, though I had not known that she is the mother of these. Simply I learned about her, and ungrudgingly do I share – her riches I do not hide away; For to men she is an unfailing treasure; those who gain this treasure win the friendship of God, to whom the gifts they have from discipline commend them. 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. (Wisdom 7,7-30).

If Jesus were not wrapped by this always live, perfect, full, overflowing, current wisdom, never could have he accomplished his mission. He was an always special observed one. His every word and action was also screened in the religion of the scribes and Pharisees. Never could have Jesus gone wrong even in a very small inprudence. It would have been the end for him. Instead, since he was always guided by the wisdom and light of the Holy Spirit, he always found those ways of truth that made him unassailable. The novelty of the Gospel to a religion practiced and defended by bad, wicked, perverse men, anchored in falsehood and sin; must be given with extreme caution. Jesus gave it with the divine cautious of the Holy Spirit, and always managed to avoid stoning, until it was his time. When his time came to pass, he was crucified.

Again he entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand. They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath so that they might accuse him. He said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here before us.” Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” But they remained silent. Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.

Here is the wisdom and supreme intelligence of Jesus. He conquers the crowd on his side. He knows that the Pharisees are afraid of the crowd. Without the crowd on their side, they would have not hurt him in anything.

Virgin Mary, Mother of the Redemption, Angels and Saints teach us wisdom.