Commentary on the Gospel of
"Give me a little water "
"We too, begotten to new life through Baptism, are called to bear witness to the life and hope that is in us. If our search and our thirst find full satisfaction in Christ, we will show that salvation is not in the "things" of this world, which in the end lead to drought, but in the One who loved us and loves us always: Jesus our Saviour, in the living water that he offers us.
This Sunday's gospel presents the encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman. Jesus, thirsty and thirsty, approached the woman who was going to the well to draw water for her family, and it was Jesus who offered her the water, not just any water, but the water of faith, and at the same time opened her eyes to understand that her current partner is not her husband, and that her current God is not the true and living God, who is worshipped in spirit and in truth. With the water of faith Jesus has transformed the Samaritan woman and with her all the Samaritans who recognise Jesus as the Saviour of the world.
We are all thirsty, but who can quench our thirst? There is not enough water to quench so much thirst.the experience that life gives us teaches us that nothing here below has the capacity to fill us.the well of the human heart is not filled with the water of consumption, of well-being... The words of the prophet Jeremiah: "They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug themselves cracks in the wells that hold no water" (2,13).
Unfortunately we cling to the superfluous and Jesus warns: "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you to drink, you would ask Him and He would give you living water..." (2,13).
Someone, Jesus, dared to say one day: "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink" (Jn.7,37). This is the great news: Jesus can quench the thirst of all people. What do we thirst for: peace, justice, happiness, freedom, love. As a great thirsty man said: "You have made us, Lord, for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you" (St. Augustine).
The Samaritan woman acknowledges that she has failed five times, and finally finds the gift of God in a man who asks her for a glass of water. We can do without God, but then who can tell us who we are and what we are looking for, who will give us the happiness that things and people do not give us?
Prayer: Lord, give us this living water so that we may be revived.
Action: Whoever comes to you in any way comes to the Lord of whom you are a witness, do not forget this and be alert.
HAPPY SUNDAY TO YOU ALL
