Like the Jews in Alexandria, Egypt, who needed to be strengthened in their faith, hence the book of Wisdom, we too in these turbulent times need this book to be strengthened in our faith.

When Wisdom was written (1st half of the 1st century), it was a time when science was offering to humanity its wonders and mysteries. Together with this were the offerings of diverse religions and philosophies, supposedly to help one along the path of wisdom, salvation and the meaning to life. Because of all these diversity it created within the hearts of many - individualism, skepticism, dissatisfaction, and hence a crisis of faith.

Our world today is no different. Confronted and challenged by science and technology, by lifestyles geared towards pleasure, and by gurus of all kinds in all areas of our lives, we begin to question our Christian faith and ask inevitably whether it is enough, whether it really answers to life's deepest questions and struggles.

The Wisdom passage for today tells us what the nature of wisdom is; and how desirable, enlightening, protective, and instructive it is. So, if Wisdom is so good how do we get it?