Stricken for You
March 12, 2023
AS WE GATHER
In the first weeks of Lent we focused on repentance and forgiveness. On this the Third Sunday in Lent, midway through our journey to the cross, we now recall how God has fully satisfied His people with His grace in days gone by. Sin’s grumbling can only be satisfied with what God alone provides. Our hunger and thirst for God and His salvation are met in Jesus Christ, the promised One, whose life, death, and resurrection bring us what we cannot provide for ourselves.
Bible Readings
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Exodus 17:1-7
(A stubborn and contentious people are confronted with God’s abundant grace.)
EPISTLE READING: Romans 5:1-8
(We have peace with God through Jesus Christ.)
HOLY GOSPEL: John 4:5-26
(Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well and shows her the fulfillment of the promise of God.)