Every real saint eventually left the system of possessions, privilege, and power, so that he or she could hear and speak the truth. In doing so, they were joining Jonah in the whale, Jeremiah in the cistern, Job on the dunghill, and Jesus on the cross. It seems to be the way.
Richard Rohr
Job and the Mystery of Suffering
I was so obsessed
with what was going on
inside the whale
that I missed
seeing the drama
inside Jonah.
Thomas John Carlisle
You, Jonah!
And Jonah stalked
to his shaded seat
and waited for God
to come around
to his way of thinking.
And God is still waiting
for a host of Jonahs
in their comfortable houses
to come around
to His way of loving.
Thomas John Carlisle
You, Jonah!