Link to Liturgy and Homily for Third Week of Lent- The Samaritan Woman- Bridget Mary Meehan ARCWP

 

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"In my prayer, I spend time each day simply listening — not striving, not asking, not explaining — but resting in the quiet awareness of the loving presence of the Holy One. In that stillness I hear the gentle invitation spoken in the depths of the heart: “Arise, my beloved, and come.” It is not a command, but a call of love. A reminder that before anything we do, before any ministry or service, we are already cherished.

The Holy One speaks a truth deeper than fear or self-doubt:
I love you beyond all heights and depths, beyond your wildest dreams. You are mine. Through you, I am loving, healing, and empowering others through your thoughts, your words, and your actions.

To live from this awareness changes everything. When we know ourselves as beloved, we no longer minister from obligation or exhaustion, but from overflow. Love received becomes love shared. Healing experienced becomes healing offered. Compassion becomes our natural language.

The Samaritan woman does not leave the well with new status or authority. She leaves with something deeper: the certainty that she is loved. And that certainty becomes proclamation. She returns to her community not as someone who has all the answers, but as someone whose life has been touched by living water. “Come and see,” she says.

This is how hope spreads. Not through perfection, but through encounter. Not through power, but through authenticity. When people know themselves as beloved, they naturally become proclaimers of hope....

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