Stations of the Cross - another One
Stations of the Cross
Opening Prayer
Mary, my Mother, you were
the first to live the Way of the Cross. You felt every pain and every
humiliation. You were unafraid of the ridicule
heaped upon you by the crowds. Your eyes were ever on Jesus and His Pain. Is that the secret of your
miraculous strength? How did your loving
heart bear such a burden and such a weight? As you watched Him stumble and
fall, were you tortured by the memory of all the yesterdays- His birth, His
hidden life and His ministry?
Lent Sunday 3A: Jesus at the well with the Samaritan Woman
A Samaritan Woman Evangelist:
There is a Greek monastery at Mount Athos in which nothing female is allowed. Men can enter but not women, roosters but not hens, horses but not mares, bulls but not cows. Armed guards patrol the border to insure that nothing feminine passes the gates. It has been this way for more than 700 years. [Arnold Prater, The Presence, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993).] Separate but definitely not equal: that has been the attitude toward women of many churches through the ages. So, it's really remarkable that this particular Samaritan evangelist happens to be a woman. She would be as surprised about it as anybody. When she first met Jesus, she was surprised that even he talked to her. Once converted, she became an evangelist, enthusiastically introducing Jesus to her fellow villagers. (Fr. Tony Kadavil)
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