Third Sunday of Lent: I Thirst

Third Sunday of Lent: I Thirst 
Below is a meditation and reflection to help you on your Lenten journey and to draw closer to Jesus.

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Begin with this prayer: Jesus, help me to trust that you will quench my thirst for eternal life.

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SCRIPTURE MEDITATION: Read slowly, 3-4 times. Allow the words of Scripture to wash over your mind and heart. Allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you through this passage.

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“In those days, in their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses, saying, ‘Why did you ever make us leave Egypt? Was it just to have us die here of thirst with our children and our livestock?’”  Exodus 17:3

REFLECTION QUESTION: Allow yourself to sit with these questions for a while, being attentive to how the Lord is speaking in your heart.

Are there any ways you find yourself thirsting for healing, conversion, or belonging, and doubting the Lord wants to satisfy your thirst? Do you feel like God has let you down when you sought his help? Honestly share that experience of unmet desire or disappointment with the Lord.

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SCRIPTURE MEDITATION: Read slowly, 3-4 times. Again, allow the words of Scripture to wash over your mind and heart. Let the Holy Spirit speak to you through this passage.

“‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.’” John 4:13-15

REFLECTION QUESTION
Jesus has a gift like none other: he offers living water. This is the water that washes our wounds, cleanses our sins, and draws us into new life as a beloved child of God. It was first offered to us through the waters of Baptism, welling up from Jesus and flowing from his side on the cross. Ask Jesus to help you open your heart to this life-giving water.

Remain in silence with the Lord. Allow Him to speak in the silence, in your heart. Receive His presence. If it helps, write down what you sense the Lord communicating to you during this time of prayer.

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SUNDAY MASS CONNECTION
At every Mass, Jesus offers himself to the Father for us. We can always join our own offerings with Jesus at Mass. This Sunday, offer your spiritual thirst and desire for the life-giving water of Jesus, that you may be satisfied and allow this living water to well up in you and be a source of life for others.