During his visit to USA, Pope Francis visited a prison. Some of the prisoners there had committed very serious crimes. Some people wondered why the Pope went to meet the prisoners instead of meeting the victims of their crimes. From a human point of view the question is entirely a reasonable one. So, too, we may see the objection of the Pharisees, "Why does he eat with such as these?" Humanly speaking this may be a reasonable question, but does it lead us to the wisdom of God? There are two types of wisdom, human wisdom and divine wisdom and they do not always coincide.

Human wisdom is necessary for the ordinary things of life - counting the cost before building a house or fighting a battle. When families are victimized by crime, many resources are used to help them and in most cases time brings healing. But faced with the criminal we can only lock them up and almost forget about them.

The Pharisees ostracized those whom they considered as tax collectors and sinners. But Jesus ate with them as Pope Francis ate with the poor and homeless in New York and used his visit to the prison to teach us that no one is beyond hope and no one should ever be forgotten or abandoned. This is the divine wisdom manifested by Jesus.