Our Lenten Journey – Seek God’s Mercy and Forgiveness
Jonah is spewed onto the land after his three days in the whale’s belly, and the Lord said “… go to Nineveh, that great city and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” [Jonah 3:1-2]
In Nineveh Jonah repents, he is given shade from a bush that God provided. This respite is short-lived because the next day the wonderous plant withers and dies. Jonah is angry, very angry at God. “Reading through the book of Jonah, we soon come to realize that God speaks to us not only through his word but also through our own confused emotions ….”
Occasionally our experience of God is an experience in “glorious bewilderment”, but many times we struggle to be faithful to God’s Word, to live the Gospel in our time, to “Live Jesus.”
“The message of the Book of Jonah is that God, the living God, is the God of all people and a God of compassion.” [p.50] “The Book of Jonah ends with a question.” How does God’s mercy intersect with God’s justice."
Seek your answer in the Parable of the Prodigal Son and may God’s mercy and forgiveness lead you to His justice.
Jonah teaches us to:
1. Listen to God
2. Hope in God
3. Seek God’s Mercy & Forgiveness
An important Message for Lent.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, intercede for us.
St. Michael, ask God to help the people of Ukraine.
May God Be Praised and your day be Blessed.
And with St. Francis de Sales let us remember, "We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God."
Amen.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Blessings.