Winter Nights Sky - A tracked exposure showing the beauty of the night sky around the Orion Constellation. #Astrophotography in #Dorset#WexMondays #sharemondays2018 #appicoftheweek @B_Ubiquitous @BBCStargazing pic.twitter.com/Gj5aCdXyRj— Sam King (@samking_uk) February 19, 2018
In the Book of Jonah, the prophet calls the people of Nineveh to repent and it works.
* [3:9–10] Scripture frequently presents the Lord as repenting (or, changing his mind) of the evil that he threatens; e.g., Gn 6:6–7; Jer 18:8.
In the Gospel from Luke, Jesus points to the conversion of the pagans who find Wisdom Incarnate in Him.
* [11:29–32] The “sign of Jonah” in Luke is the preaching of the need for repentance by a prophet who comes from afar. Cf. Mt 12:38–42 (and see notes there) where the “sign of Jonah” is interpreted by Jesus as his death and resurrection.Mark Latta shares his experience of the steady manifestations of saintliness in the movement of the Holy Spirit.
Apparitions, miracles and other sensational spiritual events seem to be important not only for the contemporaries of Jesus but also for us today. We must understand however that Jesus insists that the real sign is his own person: in him God has become a human being, and who sees him sees the Father. Looking for other signs will not get us anywhere. Looking for God in all things, listening to the movements of the spirit within and above all focusing on our risen Lord should be pour focus.Don Schwager quotes Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 A.D., warning that tomorrow may never come for those who delay in their response to God.
"God is not now so long-suffering in putting up with you that He will fail to be just in punishing. Do not say then: 'Tomorrow I shall be converted, tomorrow I shall please God, and all that I shall have done today and yesterday will be forgiven me.' What you say is true: God has promised forgiveness if you turn back to Him. But what He has not promised is that you will have tomorrow in which to achieve your conversion." (excerpt from Commentary on Psalm 144,11)Friar Jude Winkler provides the background to Jonah’s mission to Nineveh and the historic cruelty to Israelites practiced by Assyria. Unbelievers today may be more willing to take the leap of faith than the churched is a reflection on Jesus pointing to pagan acceptance of His message in the Gospel.
In a post by Franciscan Media, Saint Peter Damian is described as a reformer who, if he were alive today, would no doubt encourage the renewal started by Vatican II.
Peter was a reformer and if he were alive today would no doubt encourage the renewal started by Vatican II. He would also applaud the greater emphasis on prayer that is shown by the growing number of priests, religious, and laypersons who gather regularly for prayer, as well as the special houses of prayer recently established by many religious communities.Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, introduces Judy Cannato (1949-2011)—an author, spiritual director, and visionary of a “new cosmology”—who writes about Thomas Berry who has said that our generation is one that is in-between stories.
We are caught between the story that religion tells and the story that science tells. . . . During the last several decades, a new story has indeed emerged, a new cosmology that brings matters of science and matters of faith into a space where they no longer need collide, but can complement each other and render a fuller picture of what is true. [If it’s true, it’s true everywhere and all the time.] Ironically, in modern times it is science that has told us the story of how all life is connected in a fundamental way—a story that the world’s mystics have been telling for centuries. . . . [2]The salvation history from Jonah to Jesus to the “new cosmology” challenges believers to be renewed by the insights into the Divine of those thought to be “outside”.
References
(n.d.). Jonah, chapter 3 - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved February 21, 2018, from http://www.usccb.org/bible/jonah/3
(n.d.). Luke, chapter 11 - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved February 21, 2018, from http://www.usccb.org/bible/luke/11
(n.d.). Online Ministries - Creighton University. Retrieved February 21, 2018, from http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html
(n.d.). Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations. Retrieved February 21, 2018, from http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/
(2018, February 21). Saint of the Day for Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 - Saints & Angels .... Retrieved February 21, 2018, from http://www.catholic.org/saints/sofd.php?date=2018-02-21
(n.d.). Daily Meditations Archive - Center for Action and Contemplation. Retrieved February 21, 2018, from https://cac.org/richard-rohr/daily-meditations/daily-meditations-archive/
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