Gospel: Today Jesus tells religious leaders that they will receive no "sign" except the "Sign of Jonah" (Mt. 12). This is a complex reading. In Mark 8, Jesus refuses to give any sign at all. Also, the Jonah symbolism may be an image of resurrection (three days inside... 
...whale versus three days in the tomb), or a nod to how Jonah preached to those on the margins (tax collectors, etc) as Jesus does, or how Jonah received positive responses to his calls for repentance, while Jesus does not, at least with some religious leaders...
All these meanings may be at work in this mysterious passage. Underlying this it that some religious leaders (and others) fail to accept what Jesus is doing, despite the miracles and other signs of God's presence. How often do we overlook signs of God's presence in our own lives?
Image: "Jonah on the Beach at Nineveh," by Daniel A. Lewis
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