By Rev. Joe McCloskey, SJ
Strike the rock, and the water will flow from it for
the people to drink.” This Moses did, in
the presence of the elders of Israel. The
place was called Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled
there and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD in our midst or not?” Exodus 3:6b-7
Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just
person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to
die. But God proves his love for us in
that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:7-8
Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who
drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I
shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a
spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be
thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” John 4:13-15
Piety
Our piety is how we have
heard the voice of our Lord and it is our response. The growth of our piety is through our
drinking deeply of the word of the Lord and how the word of the Lord changes
us. The Woman at the well came for water
and went away with the gift of everlasting life. Piety flows out of our thirst for the Lord. How we love the Lord more than anything else
in our lives is the fullness of piety. Christ
is forever waiting for us at the well of God’s everlasting life. There is no limit on what he is offering us
other than our thirst and how much of God’s love we are willing to partake. Our piety determines how deeply we drink.
Study
Our study is the curiosity
of our souls being satisfied. We are
born with a desire to know. Wisdom
reveals to us what we are really searching. Our hearts will never rest until they rest in
the Lord. We are created to the image
and the likeness of God and until we realize ourselves in Christ we will never
know for what it is that are hearts are yearning. Study allows us to stay with the Lord and thus
we come to believe because of our exposure to his love.
Action
The good things we do
allow us to hear the Lord. Putting
ourselves close to the Lord is the best action to take. Reading the Scripture
is important. Asking the right questions
of those we admire for their relationship with the Lord, helps. Making visits to the Blessed Sacrament gives
the Lord a chance to talk with us. The
best action of our lives will be seen in the space we give the Lord in our
lives. The grumbling of the Israelites
was turned into the prayer of Moses for help. Our actions need to take us to the Lord. We need to drink as deeply as they did with
the knowledge of their thirst. We have
to honor the thirsts of our souls for the Lord by doing something about it. We need to soften our hearts to the voice of
the Lord. Prayer fasting and good works
are what is called for if we open our hearts to hear the voice of the Lord. It is important to give the Lord a chance to
speak to us. He is waiting and the time
we plan to give him is the first step on our road to walk with the Lord. We need to feed the desire of our hearts for
the Lord by the ways we choose to be with him.
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