Thursday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

Wisdom will praise her own mind, and she will be honored by God, and she will be glorified in the midst of her people. And she will open her mouth in the churches of the Most High, and she will be glorified in the sight of his virtue. And in the midst of her own people, she will be exalted. And she will be admired by the holy assembly. And she will have praise within the multitude of the elect. And she will be blessed among the blessed. And she will say: “I went forth from the mouth of the Most High, as the first-born before all creatures. I caused an unfailing light to arise in the heavens. And I covered all the earth like a cloud. I lived in the highest places, and my throne is in the pillar of a cloud. I alone have encompassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated to the depths of the abyss, and have walked upon the waves of the sea, and have stood upon the whole earth. And among every people, and in every nation, I have held primacy. And by virtue, I have tread upon the hearts of all, the great and the lowly. And I have sought my rest in all of them. And I will continue, as the inheritance of the Lord. Then the Creator of all things instructed and spoke with me. And the One who created me rested in my tabernacle.