Sunday, April 20 : Book of Jonah 2,1b-3.4b.5.7-11.

Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
saying, ‘I called to the LORD out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
Then I said, “I am driven away from your sight; how shall I look again upon your holy temple?”
The waters closed in over me; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped around my head
As my life was ebbing away, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
Those who worship vain idols forsake their true loyalty.
But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the LORD!’
Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon the dry land.

maronite readings – rosary,team