Tasteless or sweetness: Third Sunday of Lent...

Third Sunday of Lent

The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, 
that I may never be thirsty or have to 
keep coming here to draw water."  - John 4:15
(Optional Gospel for today) 
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And a little worker bee reminded me: 

March 3rd is the 3rd day of the 3rd month

and today it is the 3rd Sunday of Lent!

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"Although Jesus asked this woman for a drink, 

His real thirst was for her faith."

St Augustine

"Hence the loftier were the words of the Son of God, 

the more tasteless they were to the impure, 

as happened when He preached the sovereign 

and loving doctrine of the Holy Eucharist; 

for many turned away (Jn 6:60-61, 67).

Those who do not relish this language 

God speaks within them must not think 

on this account that others do not taste it.  

St Peter tasted it in his soul when he said to Christ:  

Lord, where shall we go; 

You have the words of eternal life (Jn 6:68).  

And the Samaritan woman forgot the water pot 

because of the sweetness of God's words (Jn 4:28)."

St John of the Cross (+1591)  

St Photina (Woman at the Well - Feast Day: March 20), 

pray for us!

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Remembering also today...

St Katharine Drexel

American ~ 1858 - 1955
Heiress, educator, founder of schools
Entered religious life at age 31

Foundress - Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

aka 'the anti-Margaret Sanger'
(We need St K's special prayers today!)

Feast Day - March 3

 

“And here is the passive way – 

to be filled unto the fullness of God. 
The passive way – I abandon myself to it, 

not in a multiplicity of trials, extraordinary 

penances accomplished, practices of great works – 

but in peaceful abandonment to the 

tenderness of Jesus, which I must try to imitate, 

and by being in constant union with His 

meek and humble heart."  - St Katharine Drexel

Click here: St. Katharine Drexel - YouTube (2 mins)
Click here: Saint Katharine Drexel - YouTube (2 mins - CCTNtv)

Top painting: The Good Shepherd ~ Minerva Teichert

St Katharine Drexel, pray for us!

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