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6th March – Give Me this Water
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Prepare
Welcome to the second day of Lent. Today, Thursday, the 6th of March. Let us begin by praying the collect for Ash Wednesday:
Almighty and everlasting God,
you hate nothing that you have made
and forgive the sins of all those who are penitent:
create and make in us new and contrite hearts
that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may receive from you, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Psalm Reading
The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 77. You may read the entire psalm by clicking on the link below. Reading verses 11 and 12. We say along with the Psalmist:
I will remember the deeds of the Lord ;
yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
I will ponder all your work,
and meditate on your mighty deeds.
Prayer: Lord, grant that we may grow in our capacity to remember your wonders of old and direct our attention to meditate on Your mighty deeds. Amen.
Scripture Reading
The New Testament reading for today comes from John 4:1-26. It is a familiar story about the Samaritan Woman meeting Jesus at her local village well. You can read the full passage from the link below. Here, we will read verses 7 to 10 and then 13-15.
A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water …. Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”
Reflection: Friends, are you thirsty in the noon-day heat of life? Are you going to a well that refreshes you for a moment, and afterwards, leaves you thirsty again? Ask Jesus for living water; ask and receive from Jesus the water of life that truly and deeply quenches your thirst; ask and become a spring of this life-giving water welling up to eternal life, so that others may drink also.
Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, as you held out your promise of living water to this thirsting Samaritan woman, won’t you meet me and quench my thirst also, by granting me to drink from You, the source of this living water; and having tasted of Your goodness, grant that I may share with my family and friends the good news of this life-giving water. Amen.
We end with our Family Prayer:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever.
Amen.
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