Matthew 12:38-42
Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat Antiphon
Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and there is something greater than Jonah here.At the judgment the queen of the south will arise with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here.
Matthew 12:38-42
As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale,
so will the Son of Man spend three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Traditional Chinese Translation
《四旬期， 第7天》
約拿三日三夜在鯨魚肚腹中，
人子也要這樣三日三夜在地𥚃頭。
Frightened and fleeing,
Captured by circumstances,
Far from familiar,
Scared at what I’m seeing.
How often I’ve drifted!
Crying out for mercy,
I cross my heart,
Invoke the Trinity.
Carry me through
Rising storm waves.
I’m saved by Divinity.
Once unfamiliar place,
Now filled with grace.
Through raging storms of fear and flight,
Blessed Trinity, be our light!
Lord,
Where do you wish me to be?
Here or there; north or south?
Move me by your gentle Spirit,
Soften my stubborn will to remain.
Erase my doubtful mind,
Set me in the thin place,
Where grace seeps through,
Moment by moment,
Now and into eternity.
Amen!