Blast from the Past(or)

January 25, 2015

The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

      All people have endured what we could call 'low points' in their lives. If pressed, I am sure we could name several of these periods from personal experience. Oscar Wilde wrote De Profundis when he was 'in the depths' of a prison sentence, broken, shamed and despondent. Off the top of my head, low times for me include discerning to leave the seminary, the ending of a relationship, the death of my boyhood dog, Fred, and when people told me pro-wrestling was fake (yes, I was devastated). Today we hear about the prophet Jonah who embodies one of the more famous low points in history.  Jonah tried to run from God's plan for him and took a ship to get as far away from God as possible. Jonah was thrown off this ship, vilified and plunged 'into the depths,' sad and alone; darkness all around him. That's pretty low. But for Jonah and each of us, this is where God was working. Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground, wrote Wilde. Jonah's low point brought him to Ninevah, which is what God had planned for Jonah all along. Often the worst experiences in our lives bring us to where God wants us. Let us remember that God made each of us for some definite purpose and that the only true sadness is to not be a saint.

God Bless You!!!!!!!

Fr. Thomas Fallone

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