Reflection for todays Gospel Saint Matthew 4:5-42 (3-23-14) The thirst of this woman is satiated in an unexpected way and in an unexpected place. The Samaritan woman has a chequered history and perhaps that is why she goes to draw water at the unconventional hour of midday. She has already had five husbands and maybe she wished to avoid the judgemental glances of other women in the town. But now she encounters a husband of a different sort and an intimacy of a new kind. In a blessed moment she makes the transition from being fixated with her own needs to trusting in the Lord who is capable of satisfying all of her deepest longings. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we too, in a blessed moment during this time of Lent, could make the transition from being obsessed with the satisfaction of our own appetites to the condition of trusting in the Lord who only thirsts for our good. If we could open ourselves to the Lord in this way for a moment, then we would begin to encounter him in an intimate manner, in spirit and truth, an encounter of the kiss that the Lord wants to give us, an encounter with our true and deepest spouse, an experience of a food that we have never tasted before, the taste of a water that satisfies the thirst at the core of our being. By: DON F ROSINI Vatican radio. MY PERSONAL VIEWS: I am so thankful to all the sowers of the good fruit of our faith today the Church fathers, Saints, all faithful priests and catechist who exerted their relentless efforts to sow the seeds by spreading the Good news, Thanks to all the good servants of God who evangelized. For, if we are faithful to God as they were we will all be a partakers of the harvest. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AMEN.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:49:43 +0000
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