Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

“In the garden of Paradise, in broad daylight, Eve took the forbidden fruit; and for this she was exiled to a dry and waterless land. And now at the sixth hour, the Source of miracles comes to the Samaritan woman who was suffering from thirst, in order to return this daughter of Eve to Paradise, plenteous in water. For the authors of the liturgical texts, the Lord literally catches the woman with words. The Samaritan woman approaches in order to draw water, and seeing her, the Savior said, “Give Me water to drink, and I will fill you with streams of water”.

– Hieromonk Irenei (Pikovsky)

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