St. Thomas Aquinas teaches us how the gift of Wisdom is not the same as the wisdom gained through human effort. Wisdom, which is “a right judgment about Divine things,” is not an effect of study or experience, but is an effect of Charity. St. Thomas explains how God’s perfect wisdom is like that of an architect’s understanding of the whole building while the individual craftsmen only see their small part of the operation. The Holy Sprit shares some of this understanding of Divine things with us through the gift of Wisdom.