Sign of Jonah. Our Gospel for July 18, 2011
July 18, 2011 by bible sharing online
Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”He said to them in reply,
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The Sign of Jonah
Jonah is an escape artist. He flees from his assigned task. He weathers the storm and gets out of the belly of a large fish. But he cannot escape his destiny. He cannot escape from the Lord!
We sometimes avoid responsibilities and challenges. We can delay, postpone, or even hide, but our destiny will always be before us. The Lord will be with us, and our conscience will speak from within us.
The signs are simple: Can you sleep well? Can you face God? Are you at peace? Do not seek other signs, as Jesus’ generation did. Look rather for courage, for inner strength, and for God’s will for you. Search your heart. What is God asking from you at this particular moment at this particular place? Life calls you to live fully. Follow God’s will, and God will always be with you.
Jonah
The hero Jonah is probably traced to a prophet, Jonah ben Amittai (2 Kgs 14:25), but the story in the Book of Jonah is a didactic fiction or parable, filled with wonders from beginning to end: the storm, the big fish (whale), the gourd plant, and the instant conversion of Nineveh. It is an idle effort to search after the species of fish that swallowed and spewed out Jonah. Rather, the story contrasts God’s mercy and the narrow exclusivism of Jonah who represents that attitude in Judaism after the exile in Babylon.
Be on time and do not procrastinate. God bless us all!
SOURCE: “365 Days with the Lord 2011