In the Gospel today, the Samaritan woman comes to the well to draw water (Jn 4:5-42). When her water runs out and she is thirsty, she must go back to the well again. She comes to the well so often, wants to find a source of living water. Jesus meets her and offers her living water, life-giving grace.
The Samaritan woman tried the first husband, the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth husbands and she was not satisfied. She desired the peace and the happiness that the things of this world cannot provide.
We can go through life just like this woman, searching for the little things in life that satisfy our thirst – perhaps pleasure (sex, alcohol or substance, etc), an interesting job or a friendship. All these things satisfy, but their satisfaction is limited and we must return to them again and again.
Jesus said, “everyone that drinks of this well will thirst again”. He states that the water from the well will leave one thirsty again. Jesus insists that doing the will God is in itself sustaining. With all our past, let us look for love at the right places and turn to Him in faith and trust.
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