On the fifth Sunday of Pascha, Fr. Matthew Howell uses John 4:13 to talk about the Living Water that Jesus offers and the dangers of spiritual dehydration. Along the way he incorporates stories from his recent roof-building mission trip to Puerto Rico.
References from the Orthodox Study Bible used by Fr. Matthew in the homily:
John 4:13: “Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
John 7:37: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
Rev. 22:1: “And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.”
Rev. 21:6 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.”
Rev. 22:17 “And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let him who hears say ‘Come!’ And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”
Zech. 14:8 “And in that day living water shall come forth out of Jerusalem, half of it toward the eastern sea and half toward the western sea.”
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for the shall be filled.”
