Wisdom, who is one, can do all things, and renews everything while herself perduring; And passing into holy souls from age to age, she produces friends of God and prophets. (Wis 7:22b-8:1)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111325.cfm
Wisdom in Hebrew, Greek and Spanish is a feminine noun. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) was filled with wisdom and was a friend of God. She was an immigrant missionary sister who became the first United States citizen to be canonized. I remember how some folks said that Mother Cabrini really didn’t count as a US saint because she was an immigrant. These folks were pushing for the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) as the first “native-born” US saint. (Mother Seton wasn’t born in the United States either, but rather in the British Colonies that later became the United States!). https://youtu.be/rLex5QGMp70?si=a88wGgcRycmiZGYC
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin, November 13
