The story of Jonah is one of those tales whose main point gets lost in the fantastic details of shipwreck and being swallowed by a whale. The original parable was directed at Jewish tribal ...

Find today’s readings here. While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of ...

Jonah is a remarkable prophet. He is more than a forecaster of God’s revelations, more than a preacher of persistent patience, or impending wrath. To readers, Christian, Jewish, and even Muslim, his ...

So, this is the last time I'm writing about Jonah -- I promise. Maybe. It's just that his story is so chock-full of things that smack me between my eyes.

"This is an evil generation that seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah" (Luke 11:29). Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1; Luke 11:29-32 Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) ...