A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (4:13-15) Jesus said to the Samaritan woman at the well, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life." The woman replied, "Sir, please give me a drink of that water! Then I won't get thirsty and have to come to this well again." The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Franciscan parish priest who gave his life and died in a concentration camp during World War II. Let us thank God for his self-sacrifice. (pause) Gracious God, inspire us to live generous lives by the compassionate self-giving of your priest Saint Maximilian Kolbe. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Thursday Saint Maximilian Kolbe 14 August 2025 We Gather We Listen We are so lucky that we can turn on a tap in our homes and clean water comes out! In many parts of the world today, people have to travel for hours every day just to get water, and even then, the water is not clean. Watch this video called Water Doesn’t Come From A Tap. about the life of one 13 year old girl in Ethiopia who spends an astonishing 8 hours a day fetching water. You might like to do some research as a class to find out ways you can help to support clean water projects. We Reflect May the peace of Christ fill our hearts. Amen. May God bless us in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We Go into the World 142
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