Spirituality of the Readings
John Foley, SJ
Thirsty
Love. This is a primordial need. Very like the need for water
in this respect. But it is “a God-sized hole”
within us, a yearning for the greatest love there is.
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Glancing Thoughts
Eleonore Stump
Worthless Women
The Samaritan woman has had five husbands—five
husbands!—and she is currently living with a man to whom she
is not married. Even by the lax standards of our own day, this
sort of history would make people look askance at her.
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The Perspective of Justice
Gerald Darring
Softening the Heart
On the one hand, there is the Rock from which the water of
eternal life flows (God). On the other hand, there are rocks
(our hearts) which we seek to soften in Lent by “prayer,
fasting and works of mercy.”
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