Third Sunday in Lent: March 19, 2017

Third Sunday in Lent

March 19, 2017

Eucharist: 8:00 am and 10:45 am

Ex. 17:1-7; Ps.95; Rom. 5:1-11; John 4:5-42

Commemoration of Joseph, Guardian of Jesus

O break the rock, let water flow

And wash the dust and drought from me;

I taste your peace, your presence know,

And drinking deep, am healed and free.

Listen to C.P.E. Bach's oratorio, Die Israeliten in der Wüste (The Israelites in the Wilderness). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMIrm1EyX8 All of Part I deals with the Israelites' thirst, mistrust, and dismay, and ends with Moses' entreaty to God to find water, and the Israelites' joyful return to trust in god. Click on Libretto - English translation for text.
http://www.cpebach.org/toc/toc-IV-1.html