FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT-A (Gen 2:7-9, 3:1-7a; Rom 5:12-19; Mt 4:1-11) 26 February 2023 Redwoods   From early on in the Gospel of Matthew and all the way to Golgotha, we see plainly that Christ did not come into this world to tread the broad and easy way. On the contrary, under the impulse of […]

It is the story of an encounter: two desires and two thirsts meeting. It is an encounter between enemies—at least in the eyes of their people. Samaria was enemy territory for the Jews, and the Jews were enemies to the Samaritans. However, to travel from Judea and Jerusalem to Galilee, one had to cross Samaria. […]

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