Third Sunday in Lent | March 8

On the third Sunday in Lent we proclaim the gospel story where the Samaritan woman asks Jesus for water, an image of our thirst for God. Jesus offers living water, a sign of God’s grace. The early church used this gospel and those of the next two Sundays to deepen baptismal reflection toward Easter. As we journey to the resurrection feast, Christ comes among us in word, bath, and meal—offering us and all creation the life-giving water of God’s mercy, forgiveness, and justice.