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‘Thou hast no bucket’ (Sunday III of Lent)

We have readings about thirst this weekend, and when this occurs in Sacred Scripture, the real thirst of the Israelites in the desert can speak also of a spiritual thirst of that same people. And then there is the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. “Then the whole people of Israel left theContinue reading “‘Thou hast no bucket’ (Sunday III of Lent)”

Wisdom on the march (the 32nd Sunday of OT)

“O God, Thou art my God; how eager my quest for Thee, body athirst and soul longing for Thee, like some parched wilderness, where stream is none! So in the holy place, I contemplate Thee, ready for the revelation of Thy greatness, Thy glory.” Psalm 62 [link] I wonder sometimes if we as a peopleContinue reading “Wisdom on the march (the 32nd Sunday of OT)”