Just last week we traversed the Book of the Prophet Jonah. Today's Gospel finds Jesus referencing the "sign of Jonah" in his dispute with the crowd.
Oftentimes, when the question of the "sign of Jonah" comes up for discussion, people will remember that just as Jonah spent three days in the belly of the great fish (whale) before he was spewed up on the seashore, Jesus spent three...
Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory. (2 Timothy 2:10)
I have often said that the writings of St. Paul are the source of much of the theology of suffering as well as what is now called in some circles as the theology of disability. Today's reading from...
Our foray into the Book of the Prophet Jonah continues in today's first reading from the Lectionary for Mass, Cycle I. I daresay, most people know the story of Jonah in the belly of the great fish (whale), and there are some who will be able to identify his mission to Nineveh. However, the rest of the story is really very instructional.
When the citizens of Nineveh respond to...
When considering the books of the Hebrew Scriptures, we generally divide them up into the Torah or Pentateuch, the History Books, the Prophets, and the Wisdom Literature. Today we hear from one of the prophets, but this prophet is decidedly different than all the other prophets represented in the Hebrew Scriptures. Jonah stands alone as the only prophet to succeed in his mission, as the...