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From the Pastor - March 8, 2026
- Heidi Overfelt
- Mar 7
- 1 min read
Greetings in the name of Our Lord! This Sunday, our
gospel lesson recalls the story of the Samaritan woman who
asks Jesus for water. She is at Jacob's well and her request
is rather shocking because fetching water was womens
work. In an image of our thirst for God, Jesus offers her
living water, a sign of God’s grace flowing from the waters of
baptism. The early church used this gospel and those of the
next two Sundays to deepen baptismal reflection during the
final days of preparation before baptism at Easter. As we
journey to the resurrection feast, Christ comes among us in
word, bath, and meal—offering us the life-
giving water of God’s mercy and forgiveness.
Let us rejoice in the gift of baptism!