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Looking More Closely at the Word
Third Sunday of Lent
Year A
March 12, 2023
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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The Word Embodied

John Kavanaugh, SJ

Water and Bread

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.

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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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Let the Scriptures Speak

Dennis
Hamm, SJ

What We Thirst For

Today's Gospel story centers around what we have most in common—thirst for God. The perfect symbol for the thirst for God is our common thirst for water.

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

A multiplicity of themes jostle one another in this dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman.

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