Thirs Wednesday of Advent 2016

 ~Today is also the Memorial of St. John of the Cross. Click on the link to the right to find out more about this saint.~

Jesse Tree Story: JONAH
Jesse Tree Symbol: WHALE

Scripture: "The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.”
"Whoever is not with me, is against me. And whoever does not gather with me, scatters."
Jonah 2:6; Matthew 12:30

Commentary: "Jesus used the story of Jonah, who was swallowed by a whale and miraculously disgorged upon the shore of Nineveh on the third day, to point out his own burial and resurrection.." 

Readings of the Day:
Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-25
Psalm 85
Luke 7:18-23