Greetings!
Thank you for joining us in prayer and reflection during the season of Lent. We will travel through daily scripture, reflection and prayer. We invite you to explore the other resources of the season found and the bottom of the page as we begin the journey together.
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The woman said to him, 'Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?' Jesus said to her, 'Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.' The woman said to him, 'Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.'
John 4:11-15
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Many of us are familiar with the story of the Samaritan woman at the well who Jesus boldly has a conversation with. I always welcome this story as it reminds me to be open to everyone and to be ready to listen. The woman in this Gospel first assumes Jesus is looking for "running" water, the kind that we drink on a hot day or after a workout. She soon learns that Jesus is referring to "living" water...the grace of God which satisfies the thirst of our souls.
This story helps me to remember not to get so caught up in the details of my daily life that I forget to listen for and pay attention to God - to look for moments of grace and how God is working in my life and through my life.
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Prayer
Living water, come forth into our lives and hearts.
Wherever dry and parched hearts, minds, bodies exist,
give us courage to let the springs of living water
deep in our hearts burst forth from us.
If we are to go to the well at noontime or in the evening,
let us not be afraid to do that which we need to do to infuse our communities, our traditions and institutions with
that water which wells up into eternal life.
The Rev. Kathleen Stone
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