June 8, 2012

My Journey to God

Meditation with the Samaritan Woman

I came to the well at noon when no one else would be there in the heat of the day.
What is this Jew doing here in such heat?
What? Is he speaking to me, a woman? A Samaritan? In public, even if there is no one else around?
What? He is asking me for a drink. Surely, he knows I’m a Samaritan. Surely, he knows that’s taboo! I’ll call his attention to this!
What? He says he can give me water and that I will never thirst again! Wow! That would be grand not to have to sneak out here and get water anymore.
What? He tells me to go get my husband? What for? I’ve had so many, I can’t keep track!
He must be a seer or something! I must hear more! I must go home and tell everyone about this man. He is most unusual.
What? You now believe he is the Messiah because you’ve heard him, too!

By Sister Norma Gettelfinger, O.S.B.

(Benedictine Sister Norma Gettelfinger is a member of the Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove.)

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