We have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is truly
the savior of the world.
Jesus sits beside Jacob’s well
in Samaria and meets a woman.
Alone, unnamed, she should never have
crossed the path of the Messiah,
at least according to the rules of the time.
Yet Jesus “had to pass through Samaria,”
not out of geographical necessity,
but out of inner urgency, out of a duty of love.
It is not coincidence;
it is a divine appointment.
In that region considered impure,
inhabited by “contaminated” people,
Jesus goes with determination.
Because there is thirst, there is
a searching heart, perhaps confused but true.
That “having to pass through”
is imposed by the logic of the Gospel.
Jesus goes where others do not want to go.
He goes where the official religion
does not venture.
Because the love of God has no boundaries.
© Monache benedettine del monastero di Sant’Anna a Bastia Umbra,
Schizzi di Vangelo, Paoline 2025
