HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK OF LENT. (1)
HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK OF LENT.
THEME: SIGN OF JONAH
BY: FR GERALD M. MUSA
An African Proverb says, “We all need forgiveness at one point or another in our lives.” The people of N
The people of that time wanted signs and wonders. This was all they were interested in; the gospel of repentance did not appease to them.
HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK OF LENT.
THEME: SIGN OF JONAH
BY: FR GERALD M. MUSA
An African Proverb says, “We all need forgiveness at one point or another in ourhttps://www.catholicforlife.com/homily-for-wednesday-of-the-1st-week-of-lent-1-3 lives.” 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 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 Ninevelh, so is Jesus a sign of repentance to all believers. Fach day is an opportunity for opening a new chapter in our lives. Can we seize the opportunity of this season of Lent to turn away from our sins?
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