The psalmist in the
texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary proclaims the deep desire and
longing we have for relationship with God, who we experience to be the generous
protector of all people. In the Book of Jonah we hear the dialogue between God
and Jonah who is extremely upset that the evil people of Nineveh responded to
the call of God and were forgiven. Friar Jude Winkler notes that our openness
to forgive is often bounded. Some evil people, in our opinion, deserve
punishment and death. The universalism that God presents to Jonah is that all
people and life are the concern of the Divine. We are reminded by the Gospel of
Luke today that relationship to God is sustained in prayer and communication
about our decisions and how we live in the Kingdom of God. We free our concerns
about the material and transitory as we praise Eternal Love and recommit
ourselves to be active agents of Love and forgiveness in His Name.
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