The gospel reading of today invites us to reflect on the story of the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman, so that we may experience Jesus as the Living Water that quenches our thirst. We can recognise the 7 steps that serve as the template to understand the gospel encounters with Jesus. Our focus today is on the journey: this simply shows that our experience of God is a process. It is ongoing. It has its stages. Let us first enjoy this text by paying attention to some details then we will focus on the aspect of journey.
Empty Jar: The Thirst
To begin with, an important detail to pay attention to in the opening verses of John 4 is the time of the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman. […]