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The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach 4,12

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THE REWARDS OF WISDOM Those who love her love life; those who seek her out win the LORD’s favor. - Sirach 4,12 http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

The Rewards of Wisdom, Sirach

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THE REWARDS OF WISDOM Wisdom teaches her children and admonishes all who can understand her. - Sirach 4,11 http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/4

Worriors

Worriors Deities Ares (아레스) Greek ♂ the god of war Artemis (아르테미스) Greek ♀ She is usually depicted as the maiden goddess of the hunt, bearing a bow and arrows. Athena (아테나) Greek ♀ Athena is an armed warrior goddess, and appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Heracles, Jason, and Odysseus. Bellona Roman ♀ Roman goddess Freyja Norse ♀ Freyja is a fertility goddess, the sister of the fertility god Freyr and daughter of the sea god Njörðr. Freyja is also a goddess of war, battle, death, magic, prophecy, and wealth. Freyja is cited as receiving half of the dead lost in battle in her hall Fólkvangr, whereas Odin would receive the other half. Some scholars argue that Freyja, Frigg, and Gefion are avatars of each other. She is also sometimes associated with the Valkyries and disir. Minerva (미네르바) Roman ♀ the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena Odin (오딘) Norse ♂ war, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hu...

The Vine and the Branches, John

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The Vine and the Branches. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. - John 15,16

Art, Iris Murdoch

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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. - Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)