LENTEN REFLECTIONSAll reflections are submitted by Dave Babcock of The Care of our Common Home Task

LENTEN REFLECTIONS

All reflections are submitted by Dave Babcock of The Care of our Common Home Task Force

Third Sunday of Lent

The Samaritan woman at the Well

Jesus reaches out and communicates God’s love to anyone open to knowing God more fully. Jesus travelled and communicated His compassion, love, and truth with different people, many of whom were very different from himself and scorned by the culture of his time. Jesus’ compassionate actions and recipients’ openness are the two essential ingredients that made faith come alive to so many. The Samaritan woman who met Jesus at her community well faced herself, connected with God’s love, and then responded by sharing her new revelations with others, all of which led to her becoming more of her true self as a compassionate transmitter of God’s love and truth to her community.

Do we realize the deep and joyful love, compassion, and truth that God gives us? Are we transmitting God’s love and truth to those around us? The Samaritan woman, an outcast in her place and time, can help us become more of our true selves lovingly using God’s gifts for ourselves, for others, and for all of God’s creation.