From the Pastor
Fr. Mike Comer shares his thoughts on Scripture, spirituality and the challenges of living the Gospel.
we all crave living water
March 8, 2026
Lent is about preparing for baptism for our catechumens, and for those of us who are already baptized, Lent is preparation for renewing our baptisms. At all the Easter Masses, we will stand and renew our baptismal promises and will be sprinkled with holy water.
Today’s Gospel is especially pertinent to this theme of baptism, with the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, in which water is such a significant symbol of new life. As Jesus passes through Samaria, He comes to a well outside of a Samaritan village. He sends the Twelve into town to purchase supplies. After they have left, a woman from town comes to the well to fetch water to take home.
Today’s Gospel is especially pertinent to this theme of baptism, with the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, in which water is such a significant symbol of new life. As Jesus passes through Samaria, He comes to a well outside of a Samaritan village. He sends the Twelve into town to purchase supplies. After they have left, a woman from town comes to the well to fetch water to take home.
Jesus asked her for a drink of water, which shocked her, as a Jew will not use anything that has been touched by a Samaritan. When she objected, He said to her, “If you knew who is saying to you ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked me for a drink, and I would have given you water that would spring up within you living water.” He is, of course speaking of the living water of the Holy Spirit, which is poured out on us when we are baptized.
Water not only cleanses us but refreshes and fills us. So does the Holy Spirit cleanse us of all sin and fills us with grace and new life.
—Fr. Mike Comer
Water not only cleanses us but refreshes and fills us. So does the Holy Spirit cleanse us of all sin and fills us with grace and new life.
—Fr. Mike Comer
