A Famine Not of Bread

Click here to listen to this sermon. “Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you’” (Jonah 3:1). Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! This week, there were many posts on social media about the “Minneapolis Miracle,” the improbable finish of the Vikings’ playoff game against the Saints. But one of the best was by Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. It pictured the Vikings’ logo with the caption: “If you made any promises during the last ten seconds, Sunday masses are at…” and then listed their worship schedule. Now, I’m not going to ask if any of you made such promises last Sunday. But there is an element of truth, isn’t there? We can make a lot of promises to the Lord when we find ourselves in difficult circumstances. Stuck in the belly of a large fish, Jonah had made his own vow. And now it seems it is time for him to pay up. Per...