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   "The storm and the tempests which beat against us are the temptations of   
   this life, which in the world, as in a tempestuous sea, do not permit us to   
   have a fair voyage free from pain, in a calm sea, and one which is free   
   from evils. The casting of Jonah from the ship into the sea, signifies the   
   fall of the first man from life to death, who received that sentence   
   because, through having sinned, he fell from righteousness: 'Dust you art,   
   and unto dust you shall return.'"   
      
   The Mystery of Jonah by St. Methodius.   
      
   "Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, And said,   
   I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of   
   the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice."  Jonah 2:1-2   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)