John 4:5-42 Today’s Gospel story can be symbolically - TopicsExpress



          

John 4:5-42 Today’s Gospel story can be symbolically interpreted as an expression of thirst, dryness and emptiness longing to be filled. The thirst expresses the passion of God for everyone, and wishes to awaken in our hearts the desire for the gift of’”a spring of water within, welling up for eternal life’ (John 4:14): This is the gift of the Holy Spirit, who transforms Christians into ‘true worshipers,’ capable of praying to the Father ‘in spirit and truth’ (John 4:23). Only this water can extinguish our thirst for goodness, truth and beauty! Only this water, given to us by the Son, can irrigate the deserts of our restless and unsatisfied soul, until it ‘finds rest in God.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:14:07 +0000

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