Thirsting for God

About this episode

This episode discusses the story of the woman at the well from John’s Gospel as a lesson in evangelization and spiritual thirst.

Friends, on this Third Sunday of Lent, we hear the story from John’s Gospel of the woman at the well—a kind of master class in evangelization. What is evangelization all about? It’s about telling starving people where to find bread; it’s about telling people dying of thirst where to find water. Every one of us sinners seeks life in this way; thus, this story, so rich in its dynamics, is a story about all of us.

People in this episode

Host: Bishop Robert Barron

Topics covered

• evangelization
• spiritual thirst
• Lent
• Gospel stories
• Christianity

Keywords

• evangelization
• Lent
• spirituality
• Gospel
• Christian faith
• thirst for God
• woman at the well

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: John’s Gospel

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