February 28, 2016
Third Sunday of Lent
Reading 1
3In
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?”
4So
Moses cried out to the LORD, “What
shall I do with this people? a
little more and they will stone me!” 5The
LORD answered Moses, “Go
over there in front of the people, along
with some of the elders of Israel, holding
in your hand, as you go,
the
staff with which you struck the river. 6I
will be standing there in front of you on the rock in Horeb. Strike
the rock, and the water will flow from it for
the people to drink.” This
Moses did, in the presence of the elders of Israel.
7The
place was called Massah and Meribah, because
the Israelites quarreled there
Responsorial Psalm
1Come,
let us sing joyfully to the LORD; 2let
us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.
Let
us come into His presence with thanksgiving; let
us joyfully sing psalms to Him.
R.
If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
6Come,
let us bow down in worship; let
us kneel before the LORD who made us.
7For He is our God, and
we are the people He shepherds, the flock He guides.
R.
If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
8Oh,
that today you would hear his voice: “Harden
not your hearts as at Meribah,
as
in the day of Massah in the desert, 9Where
your fathers tempted Me; they
tested Me though they had seen my works.”
R.
If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
Reading 2
1Brothers
and sisters: Since
we have been justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,[2][3] 2through
whom we have gained access by faith to
this grace in which we stand, and
we boast in hope of the glory of God.
5And
hope does not disappoint, because
the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through
the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
6For Christ, while we were still helpless, died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
6For Christ, while we were still helpless, died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
7Indeed,
only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though
perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die.[4]
8But
God proves His love for us in
that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
Verse
Before The Gospel CF. John 4:42, 15
Lord,
you are truly the Savior of the world;
give
me living water, that I may never thirst again.
Gospel
5Jesus
came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had
given to his son Joseph.[5]
6Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from His journey, sat down there at the
well. It was about noon.
7A
woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8His
disciples had gone into the town to buy food. 9The Samaritan woman said to Him,
“How can You, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?” - For Jews use
nothing in common with Samaritans.
10Jesus
answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you,
‘Give Me a drink, ‘you would have asked Him and He would have given you living
water.”[6]
11The
woman said to Him, “Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep;
where then can you get this living
water?[7]
12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this cistern and drank
from it himself with his children and
his flocks?”
13Jesus
answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty
again; 14but 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.”
15The
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.”
16Jesus
said to her, “Go call your husband and come back.” 17The woman answered and
said to Him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus answered her,
“You
are right in saying, ‘I do not have a husband.’ 18For you have had five
husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is
true.”
19The
woman said to Him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet. 20Our ancestors
worshiped on this mountain; but you people say that the place to worship is in
Jerusalem.”
21Jesus
said to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the
Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You people worship what you
do not understand; we worship what we understand, because salvation is from the
Jews. 23But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will
worship the Father in Spirit and truth; and
indeed the Father seeks such people to worship Him. 24God is Spirit, and those
who worship Him must worship in Spirit and truth.”
25The
woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the one called the
Anointed; when He comes, He will tell us everything." 26Jesus
said to her, "I am He, the One who is speaking with you."
27At
that moment His disciples returned, and were amazed that He was talking with a
woman, but still no one said, “What are you looking for?”or Why are you talking
with her?”
28The
woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people, 29“Come
see a man who told me everything I have done. Could He possibly be the Christ?”
30They went out of the town and came to Him.
31Meanwhile,
the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat.” 32But He said to them,
“I
have food to eat of which you do not know.” 33So the disciples said to one
another, “Could someone have brought Him something to eat?”
34Jesus
said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent Me and to finish His
work. 35Do you not say, ‘In four months the harvest will be here’? I tell you,
look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest. 36The reaper is already
receiving payment and gathering crops
for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.
37For
here the saying is verified that ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38I sent you to
reap what you have not worked for; others have done the work, and you are
sharing the fruits of their work.”
39Many
of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in Him because of the word of
the woman who testified, “He told me everything I have done.” 40When
the Samaritans came to Him, they invited Him to stay with them; and He stayed
there two days.
41Many
more began to believe in Him because of His word, 42and they said to the woman,
“We no longer believe because of your word; for we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
5Jesus
came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near
the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.[8] 6Jacob’s
well was there. Jesus,
tired from His journey, sat down there at the well.It
was about noon.
7A
woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus
said to her, “Give
me a drink.”
8His
disciples had gone into the town to buy food. 9The
Samaritan woman said to him, “How
can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?” - For
Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.[9]
10Jesus
answered and said to her, “If
you knew the gift of God and
who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink, ‘you
would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.”
11The
woman said to Him, “Sir,
you do not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep; where
then can you get this living water? 12Are
you greater than our father Jacob, who
gave us this cistern and drank from it himself with
his children and his flocks?”
13Jesus
answered and said to her, “Everyone
who drinks this water will be thirsty again; 14but
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.”
15The
woman said to Him, 19b“Sir,
give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty
or
have to keep coming here to draw water. “I
can see that you are a prophet.
20Our
ancestors worshiped on this mountain; but
you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”[10]
21Jesus
said to her, “Believe Me, woman, the hour is coming when
you will worship the Father neither
on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You
people worship what you do not understand; we
worship what we understand, because
salvation is from the Jews. 23But
the hour is coming, and is now here, when
true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; and
indeed the Father seeks such people to worship Him.[11] 24God
is Spirit, and those who worship Him must
worship in Spirit and truth.”
25The
woman said to Him, “I
know that the Messiah is coming, the One called the Christ; when He comes, He will tell us everything.”[12]
39aMany
of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in Him. 40When
the Samaritans came to Him, they
invited Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41Many
more began to believe in Him because of His word, 42and
they said to the woman, “We
no longer believe because of your word; for
we have heard for ourselves, and
we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
Notes on Readings:
[1] Exodus 17:7 - Massah . . . Meribah: Hebrew words meaning respectively, "the (place of the) test," and, "the (place of the) quarreling."
[1] Exodus 17:7 - Massah . . . Meribah: Hebrew words meaning respectively, "the (place of the) test," and, "the (place of the) quarreling."
[2] Romans 5:1-11
Popular piety frequently construed reverses and troubles as punishment
for sin; cfompare with John 9:2. Paul therefore assures believers that God's justifying action in
Jesus Christ is a declaration of peace. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ
displays God's initiative in certifying humanity for unimpeded access into the
divine presence. Reconciliation is God's gift of pardon to the entire human
race. Through faith one benefits personally from this pardon or, in Paul's
term, is justified. The ultimate aim of God is to liberate believers from the
pre-Christian self as described in Romans 1-3. Since this liberation will first find completion in the believer's
resurrection, salvation is described as future in Romans 5:10 . Because this fullness of salvation belongs to the future it is called
the Christian hope. Paul's Greek term for hope does not, however, suggest a
note of uncertainty, to the effect: "I wonder whether God really means
it." Rather, God's promise in the gospel fills believers with expectation
and anticipation for the climactic gift of unalloyed commitment in the Holy
Spirit to the performance of the will of God. The persecutions that attend
Christian commitment are to teach believers patience and to strengthen this
hope, which will not disappoint them because the Holy Spirit dwells in their
hearts and imbues them with God's love (Romans 5:5).
[3] Romans 5:1 - We have peace: a number of
manuscripts, versions, and church Fathers read "Let us have peace";
compare with Romans 14:19.
[4] Romans 5:7 - In the world of Paul's time the good
person is especially one who is magnanimous to others.
[6] John 4:10 - Living water: the water of life, that is,
the revelation that Jesus brings; the woman thinks of "flowing
water," so much more desirable than stagnant cistern water. On John's
device of such misunderstanding, compare the footnote on John 3:3.
[7] John 4:11 - Sir: the Greek kyrios means
"master" or "lord," as a respectful mode of address for a
human being or a deity; compare with John 4:19. It is also the word used in the Septuagint for the Hebrew 'adonai,
substituted for the tetragrammaton YHWH.
[8] John 4:9 - Samaritan women were regarded by Jews as
ritually impure, and therefore Jews were forbidden to drink from any vessel
they had handled.
[10] John 4:20 - This mountain: Gerizim, on which a
temple was erected in the fourth century B.C. by Samaritans to rival Matthew.
Zion in Jerusalem; compare with Deuteronomy 27:4 (Mount Ebal = the Jews' term
for Gerizim).
[11] John 4:23 - In Spirit and truth: not a reference to
an interior worship within one's own spirit. The Spirit is the spirit given by
God that reveals truth and enables one to worship God appropriately (John 14:16-17). Compare with "born of water and Spirit (John 3:5).
[12] John 4:25 - The expectations of the Samaritans are
expressed here in Jewish terminology. They did not expect a messianic king of
the house of David but a prophet like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15).
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I personally encourage everyone to emulate JESUS' values on LOVE, FAITH, HOPE
and CHARITY, as the humanity has been a failure; which resulted to the more than two (2) years of pandemic and its after-effects on economy, not only here in the Philippines but worldwide.
And the saddest part of it, is that, it affected the POOREST of the POOR to even extremely be more poorer, in exchange of the affluent to be more richer.
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