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Working with the Word Study of the Readings
Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, et al.
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
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Let the Scriptures Speak Dennis
Hamm, SJ
What We Thirst For
The topic of Samaritans and Jews leads naturally to thoughts about what divides and what unites human beings generally. And today's Gospel story centers around what we have most in common—thirst for God.
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The Word Embodied
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Water and Bread
In the Letter to the Romans, St. Paul recalls the awesome disproportion between our own aspirations and the beneficence of God. We are not to be fixated on how deep and undying our desires are, but on the vastness of God’s desire for us.
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Historical Cultural Context John J. Pilch
Shocking Behavior
The Samaritan woman demonstrates her brazenness in discussing “masculine,” political-religious topics with Jesus, he accepts her questions and answers them rather than steering her back to “feminine” topics. more …
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Thoughts from the Early Church
Augustine
Jesus is tired, tired out by his journey. He sits down. On the edge of a well he seats himself. It is midday, and he sits there exhausted. All these details have meaning. They are meant to signify something.
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Scripture In Depth Reginald H. Fuller
In the dry climate of Palestine, water is an obvious symbol of salvation and the allusion to the sacraments is not far below the surface in the Johannine discourse recounted in the Gospel. more …
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