Third Sunday of Lent

"It is not becoming that great things should fall into our hands easily, lest the gift of God should be thought to be mean because of its being acquired without difficulty. All that is acquired with labor, is guarded with caution. Thirst after Jesus, then he will satisfy you with his love. Shut your eyes to the precious things of the world, then you will be deemed worthy of a peace given by God to reign in your heart. Restrain yourself from the allurements that are shining for the eyes, the you will be deemed worthy of spiritual joy" (from The Mystical Treatises of Isaac of Niniveh, Homily 3, 33-34).

Icon of the Samaritan Woman encountering Jesus