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Notable Feast Days this Week:

March 9 - Gregory of Nyssa, 395 (Anglican and Roman)
March 10 - Quadratus & Co, Corinth, 258 AD
March 11 - Clean Monday, Orthodox Lent begins
March 11 - Angus the Culdee, Ireland, 624
March 12 - Gregory the Great, Rome, 604
March 13 - Gerald of Mayo, 732
March 14 - Benedict of Nursia, 547 (Eastern)
March 15 - Leocritia, Spain, 859

Revised Common Lectionary

Exodus 17:1-7
Psalm 95
Romans 5:1-11
John 4:5-42

Daily Readings (RCL)
Abbreviated Daily Readings
Liturgical Color - Purple

-------- Third Sunday in Lent -------- March 15, 2020

Living Water

"Water is used throughout Scripture as a symbol of faith. In the Old Testament, it sometimes foreshadows Christ's sacrifice for our sins (Exodus 17:1-7). In the New Testament, Jesus offers forgiveness to all, regardless of race or past misdeeds, and 'living water,' which is the Holy Spirit and eternal life (John 4:5-42). Through his death, we are reconciled to God (Romans 5:1-11), our Creator and King, to whom we offer praise and thanks for our salvation (Psalm 95)."
- Thomas Oden, Ancient Christian Devotional

Psalm

Scripture Readings

Psalm 95

"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord...For the Lord is the great God...Come, let us bow down in worship...for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture..."

Commentary on Psalm 95
Augustine, Calvin, Spurgeon,
John Paul II

Audio
Psalm 95, Exodus 17,
Romans 5, John 4

Spotify Playlist
Psalm 95

Exodus 17:1-7
Water from the rock

Romans 5:1-11
Reconciled to God

John 4:5-42
The Samaritan woman at Jacob's well

Daily Readings
Revised Common Lectionary

Daily Readings
Book of Common Prayer

Bible in a Year

Chronological

Lectionary Resources

"The woman immediately believed, showing that she was not only much wiser than Nicodemus but also more courageous. For when he heard ten thousand things like this, he neither invited any others to hear what he heard, nor did he himself speak openly (about his encounter). But she exhibited the actions of an apostle, preaching the gospel to everyone she could and calling them to Jesus. She even drew out a whole city to hear him. When Nicodemus heard Jesus, his reaction was, "How can these things be?" And when Christ set before him a clear illustration utilizing "the wind," even then he did not receive the word of God. But this is not the case with the woman. At first she doubted, but afterward, receiving the Word not by any regular demonstration but in the form of an assertion, she immediately hurried to embrace it."

- Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of John, 32:1

Resources

Art and Poetry

A meditation on "Orthodox Icon: St. Photini (Samaritan Woman)" by Pr.Daniella Zsupan-Jerome (Video)
Trees as Stations of the Cross by Lucas Reiner HT artandtheology.org
"O Thou Who Chastenest..." a poem by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
The Lent Project: Daily Devotionals with Art from the Biola University Center for Christianity, Culture, and the Arts

Worship

The Way of the Cross from The Church of England
Psalm 95 (The Venite): Notes on the Liturgy by Rich Lusk
O Come, Let Us Say the Entire Venite (Psalm 95) by John Mason Lock
Holy Week Resource Guide from Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Easter Resource Guide from Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

Music/Video/Audio

"Fill My Cup With Blood and Water" a Spotify playlist by Liturgy Letter
The Bible Project Videos: Exodus 1-18, Romans 5-16, and John 1-12
The Verses Project: Romans 5:9-10 and Romans 5:8
The Woman at the Well by Saddleback Kids (Video)
Johnny Cash reads John 4

Collect for The Third Sunday in Lent

"Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen."
-from The Book of Common Prayer

Prayer for Lent

"Almighty and everlasting God, by whom that begins to be which was not and that which lay hidden is made visible, cleanse away the folly of our heart and purify us from our secret vices, that we may be able to serve you, O Lord, with pure mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." -The Gregorian Sacramentary (6th Century)

Singing Psalms and Hymns

Music for Listening

Thematic Art

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