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 had purchased,  pressed  Jesus  to  eat. But He  said  to  them:  “I have food  to  eat  that  you  know  not  of. My food  is  to  do  the will of  Him  that  sent  me.”

While He  was  speaking  to  His  apostles,  the  Samaritans  coming out of  the  city  desired  that  He  would  stay  there. He therefore remained two  days  teaching  and  instructing  them. Many of  that city believed;  and  they  said  to  the  woman:  ‘’We  now  believe  not for thy  saying,  for  we  ourselves  have  heard  Him,  and  we  know that this  is  indeed  the  Saviour  of  the  world.”

Jesus is  the  Messias  and  Redeemer  promised  by  God. Our Lord made Himself  known  as  such  to  the  Samaritan  woman: “I  am  He  who am speaking  to  thee.”

Jesus is  God.  By  revealing  to  the  Samaritan  woman  the  hidden secrets of  her  conscience,  He  manifested  His  omniscience.

Jesus is  full  of  Grace  and  Truth.  The  living  water  which  Jesus gives is  His  divine  doctrine  and  grace. His doctrine  and  grace  give supernatural and  eternal  life  to  the  soul,  which,  without  grace,  is  dead and in  a state  of  mortal  sin. The human  soul  thirsts  for  truth  and happiness, and  our  Lord  satisfies  this  thirst  by  His  doctrine  and  grace. For he  who  believes  in  His  teaching  and  lives  in  His  grace,  is  at peace  with  himself  and  with  God,  finds  joy  and  calm  in  the  midst  of the  vicissitudes  of  this  life,  and  will  attain  to  the  inconceivable  happiness of heaven.

The Love  of  Jesus.  In  spite  of  His  fatigue  Jesus  seized  the  opportunity to  save  the  soul  of  the  sinful  woman  of  Samaria,  and  to  reveal Himself to  her  and  her  townsfolk. His zeal  for  souls,  that  is,  His ardent desire  to  save  souls,  made  Him  forget  His  hunger  and  fatigue.