We are now deep into our Lenten season of reflection, and from this Sunday through to Palm Sunday, our readings take on much deeper meaning as we continue our journey through Salvation History. In fact, the Church has found this cycle of readings to be so important she has chosen them to be used specifically for the Scrutiny Rites every year in the OCIA. As we are in Cycle A this year, the entire Church gets to have an encounter with these powerful readings: The Word for the 3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-42 We open a reading from the book of Exodus. At this point the Israelites have escaped Pharaoh and his army having crossed the Red Sea. They are now free but have yet to reach Mount Sinai. They are traveling through the “wilderness,” a barren stretch of land between the sea and the Sinai. Their food was running out so the Lord gave them manna. Now the water is running out and there is none to...
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