“In the Gospel, after presenting the example of the one who persistently asked his friend, who was in a room, for three loaves of bread, the Lord immediately turned his speech to the disciples, saying: Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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3And order the world according to equity and righteousness, and execute judgment with an upright heart:
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1O God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with thy word,
2And ordained man through thy wisdom, that he should have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made,
— Wisdom of Solomon 9:3 —
4Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne; and reject me not from among thy children:
5For I thy servant and son of thine handmaid am a feeble person, and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws.