Do Not Enter Into an Alliance With Rome

The Maccabees don't have someone currently speaking the word of God or the will of God into their lives. They are, I don't want to say they're flying blind, but they don't have a prophet saying, don't enter into alliance with Rome. And so they're just basically again saying, well, this seems like a smart thing to do. So let's do this smart thing. But we also read today from Sirak chapter 22 and 23, which I just, oh man, wisdom, folly, self control. What an incredible, incredible gift it is to be able to spend this time to being able to say, okay,Okay, the value of wisdom