There are so many desires that we have in this life. Yet there should be one ultimate desire and that is to develop a relationship with Christ.
The Samaritan woman is described to us as having five husbands and now is with another man. She represents to us the fact that our heart is never content because in all reality we are searching for something greater. Then she encounters Christ and states unto Him: "give me something to drink." This is precisely what we should desire for through this statement she comes to encounter Christ who fills the many longings of her heart.
What are the ways in which we have set out in order to encounter happiness? So often what we pursue leaves us empty and wanting something more. This woman kept coming to the well wanting something more. She was not and could not be content until she had encountered Christ and in return entrusted her life unto Him.
We too must come to this well and state alongside this woman: "give me something to drink." We must desire not to be filled by the passing passions of this world, but rather we must desire a relationship with Christ which is authentic and true.
Lent is a journey of conversion, a journey, which leads us to the waters of this well. It assists in seeing the many ways in which we need to turn back towards the Lord and in return allow Him to be the one who fills our thirst. This is why we must take these Lenten days so seriously for they assist us in cutting away our passions and in return making the journey towards Christ.
The woman at the well allowed herself to begin to undergo this same journey that we now make during this Lenten season. For we will soon come to encounter Christ upon the cross. Christ who thirsts for souls and offers Himself upon the cross in order to save us from sin. Also, as we pass through these Lenten days we will come to encounter Christ who has conquered the grave through the Resurrection. From the Resurrection of the Body springs forth the hope that there is something more to this vale of tears in which we now undergo.
Therefore, may we find ways to have our thirst nourished by Christ. May we foster within our life and family not the passing ways of this world, but Christ. May we devote time to prayer, the study of Sacred Scripture, the Church's doctrine, and come to know the saints of the Church. In this manner we will come to know Christ and will come to place our trust in Him. In this manner we who are thirsty will have our thirst filled by the Messiah who has come to redeem us from sin and bring meaning to our life.
