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Vatican City, Mar 19, 2017 \/ 06:47 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- On Sunday Pope Francis said that Lent is the perfect time to remind ourselves of the life-giving water we received at our Baptism, turning away from things of the world, which ultimately leave us unsatisfied.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe water that gives eternal life has been poured out in our hearts the day of our Baptism; then God has transformed us and filled us by his grace,\u201d Pope Francis said March 19.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it may be that we have forgotten this great gift, or reduced it to a mere piece of personal data; and maybe we go in search of \u2018wells\u2019 where the water will not quench.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this case, Francis said, then this Sunday\u2019s Gospel on the Samaritan woman and her encounter with Jesus at the well is for us. \u201cJesus speaks to us like the Samaritan woman,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we already know him, but perhaps we have not yet met him in person, and we have not yet recognized as our Savior.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before leading the Angelus, the Pope spoke to a crowd of around 40,000 people in St. Peter\u2019s Square about the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well as recounted in the fourth chapter of John.<\/p>\n

Asking for a drink of water, Jesus, a Jew, begins a dialogue with the woman, the Pope said. She asks why he would deign to ask something of her, a Samaritan. Jesus answers her that he is alone can give her \u201cliving water, water that satisfies every thirst.\u201d<\/p>\n

At first, she thinks it is a type of temporal water that would mean she no longer has to go to the well to draw water. \u201cBut Jesus peaks of a different water.\u201d<\/p>\n

We are, in some ways, like this woman, he said. \u201cHer thirst for affection and a full life was not satisfied\u201d by the world \u2013 in this case, by her five husbands. \u201cWe know who Jesus is, but maybe we have not met him in person, talking with him, and we have not yet recognized him as our Savior.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time of Lent is a good time to approach him, meet him in prayer in a heart to heart conversation, see his face in the face of a brother or sister suffering,\u201d Francis explained.<\/p>\n

By approaching the Lord in prayer and strengthening our personal relationship with him, he said, \u201cwe can renew in us the grace of Baptism, quench our thirst at the source of the Word of God and his Holy Spirit; and so discover the joy of becoming artisans of reconciliation and peace tools in everyday life.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the Angelus, the Pope prayed for Peru, which, because of heaving rains in the last few days, has been hit by floods and mudslides, resulting in the deaths of 72 people, BBC News reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to assure my closeness to the dear people of Peru, hit hard by devastating floods. I pray for the victims and for those engaged in relief operations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The worst floods the country has seen in 30 years, the capital city of Lima has been without water since Monday, services only now being restored, and more than 800 towns and cities have declared a state of emergency, according to BBC News.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis also drew attention to the beatification Saturday of Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser<\/a> in Bolzano, Italy, who was martyred for his refusal to join the Nazis in faithfulness to the Gospel.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor his great moral and spiritual stature, he is a model for the lay faithful, especially for dads,\u201d Francis said, \u201cthat today we remember with great affection, though the liturgical feast of St. Joseph, their patron.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because March 19 is the feast of St. Joseph \u2013 also Father\u2019s Day in Italy \u2013 Pope Francis concluded with a special greeting for all fathers, asking for a round of applause from the crowd.<\/p>\n

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