We follow the Samaritan woman from hiding at noon to fearless witness, tracing how Jesus meets us in our mess, heals without shaming, and sends us on mission. Lent becomes a season of movement from shallow waters to a real encounter that satisfies our thirst.

• long gospel leading to a refined homily
• Jesus meets us in the ordinary and hidden
• field hospital church over museum mindset
• shame accuses while Jesus heals and frees
• freedom at the well and real consent
• false wells of success, pleasure and approval
• leaving the jar as sign of transformation
• evangelizing from encounter, not perfection
• parish life as mission beyond Sunday Mass
• Lent as movement into deeper prayer and charity
• resisting deflection and choosing honest prayer
• practical challenge to invite someone to Mass

Bring someone who hasn’t been to Mass in a while this Sunday. Introduce them to Father after and “come and see” what Jesus has done.

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A Lenten homily invites us to meet Christ at the well of our ordinary lives and name the thirsts we hide. We explore how being fully known and fully loved frees us from shame and turns our wounds into witness.

• God meets us in ordinary places, not after we become worthy
• The request “Give me a drink” opens the heart to encounter
• Exposure of sin by Christ heals rather than shames
• The woman’s thirst for love and meaning reframed by living water
• Leaving the water jar as a sign of transformation
• Lent as truth-telling, not religious cosmetics
• Our modern empty wells: success, distraction, busyness, control
• Witness flows from encounter, not expertise
• The call to name our thirst and leave what cannot satisfy

Tell someone, come and see that I have found the Christ

Thank you for listening! Visit us at www.saintaugustinechurch.org

Thank you for listening! Visit us at www.saintaugustinechurch.org