1ST WEDNESDAY HOMILY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY — YEAR A
1ST WEDNESDAY HOMILY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY — YEAR A
HOMILY THEME: SIGN OF JONAH
BY: Bishop Gerald M. Musa
“God has a big eraser, but don’t keep writing the same mistake.” God forgives, but we should also learn from our errors. The people of Nineveh sinned against God and needed forgiveness. After the prophet Jonah preached to them, the king and the entire people of Nineveh believed in God and expressed remorse and sorrow through fasting. They put on sackcloth, called on God with all their might, and immediately turned away from their sins. God forgave them.
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The Jews were unlike the Ninevites in responding to the message of repentance that Jesus preached. Instead of turning away from their sins, they asked Jesus to perform signs and wonders. Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah” (Luke 11:29).
The “Sign of Jonah” is interpreted as a sign of repentance and as a symbol, metaphor, and prophecy of the death and resurrection of Jesus—just as Jonah stayed in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights. As Jonah was a sign of repentance to the people of Nineveh, so is Jesus the sign of repentance to all believers. Each day is an opportunity to open a new chapter in our lives. Can we seize the opportunity of this season of Lent to turn away from our sins and destructive habits?
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