“A clean heart create for me, O God!”

Today's readings speak to us of signs, pointing the way to a challenging Lenten journey.Both Jonah and Jesus, by their powerful preaching and way of life, empower all those who are gatheredto an awareness of their sins and shortcomings, andto the incredible compassion of a God whose love is everlasting!Conversion takes place in the lives of kings as well as the poor, and throughout the entire community.Today, for what will we ask to be forgiven, so that we too may experience a God of mercy and so transform our lives?