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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is the entire book

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of Jonah, chapters 1 through 4. Chapter 1 Now

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the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of

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Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great

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city, and cry out against it, for their wickedness

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has come up before me. But Jonah arose to flee

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to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He

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went down to Joppa and found the ship going to

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Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into

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it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence

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of the Lord. But the Lord sent out a great wind

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on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on

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the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken

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up. Then the mariners were afraid, and every

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man cried out to his God and threw the cargo

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that was in the ship into the sea to lighten

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the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest

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parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast

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asleep. So the captain came to him and said to

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him, What do you mean, sleeper? Arise. Call on

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your God, perhaps your God will consider us,

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so that we may not perish. And they said to one

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another, Come, let us cast lots, that we may

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know for whose cause this trouble has come upon

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us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

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Then they said to him, Please tell us, for whose

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cause is this trouble upon us? What is your occupation,

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and where do you come from? What is your country,

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and of what people are you? So he said to them,

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I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of

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heaven, who made the sea and the dry land. Then

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the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him,

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Why have you done this? For the men knew that

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he fled from the presence of the Lord, because

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he had told them. Then they said to him, What

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shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for

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us? For the sea was growing more tempestuous.

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And he said to them, Pick me up and throw me

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into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for

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you, for I know that this great tempest is because

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of me. Nevertheless the men rode hard to return

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to land, but they could not, for the sea continued

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to grow more tempestuous against them. Chapter

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2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from

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the fish's belly, and he said, I cried out to

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the Lord because of my affliction, and he answered

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me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and he

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heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep,

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into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded

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me. All your billows and your waves passed over

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me. Then I said, I have been cast out of your

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sight. Yet I will look again toward your holy

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temple. The waters surrounded me, even to my

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soul. The deep closed around me. Weeds were wrapped

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around my head. I went down to the moorings of

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the mountains. The earth with its bars closed

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behind me forever. Yet you have brought up my

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life from the pit, O Lord my God. When my soul

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fainted within me, I remembered the Lord, and

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my prayer went up to you, into your holy temple.

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Those who regard worthless idols forsake their

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own mercy, but I will sacrifice to you with the

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voice of thanksgiving. I will pay what I have

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vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. So the Lord

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spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah. On to

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dry land. Chapter 3 So the people of Nineveh

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believed God, proclaimed the fast, and put on

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sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of

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them. Then the word came to the king of Nineveh,

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and he arose from his throne and laid aside his

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robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat

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in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and

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published throughout Nineveh by the decree of

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the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither

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man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything.

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Do not let them eat or drink water. Chapter 4

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But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became

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angry. So he prayed to the Lord and said, Ah,

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Lord, was not this what I said when I was still

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in my country? Therefore I fled previously to

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Tarshish, for I know that you are a gracious

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and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant

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in lovingkindness, one who relents from doing

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harm. Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life

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from me, for it is better for me to die than

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to live. Then the Lord said, Is it right for

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you to be angry? So Jonah went out of the city

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and sat on the east side of the city. There he

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made himself a shelter and sat under it in the

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shade, till he might see what would become of

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the city. And the Lord God prepared a plant and

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made it cover up over Jonah, that it might be

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shade for his head to deliver him from his misery.

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So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. But

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as morning dawned, the next day God prepared

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a worm And it so damaged the plant that it withered.

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And it happened when the sun arose that God prepared

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a vehement east wind and the sun beat on Jonah's

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head so that he grew faint. Then he wished death

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for himself and said, It is better for me to

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die than to live. Then God said to Jonah, Is

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it right for you to be angry about the plant?

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And he said, It is right for me to be angry even

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to death. But the Lord said, You have had pity

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on the plant for which you have not labored nor

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made it grow. which came up in a night and perished

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in a night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that

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great city, in which are more than 120 ,000 persons

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who cannot discern between their right hand and

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their left, and much livestock? I hope you enjoyed

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today's reading as much as I did, and I look

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forward to seeing you again tomorrow to continue

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on our journey. God bless you and have a great

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day.