Lectionary 08/03/2026
- Third Sunday of/in Lent - Year A
John 4:5-42
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Third Sunday of Lent Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Third Sunday of Lent Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Third Sunday of Lent - Year A Exodus 17.1–7 Romans 5.1–11 John 4.5–42 John is a masterly storyteller, and this story of Jesus and the woman at the well is one of his best. The Samaritan woman comes out of the page, cheeky, brave, vulnerable, and Jesus responds to her with war…
Eco Lectionary notes year A Lent 1-3
Eco Lectionary notes year A Lent 1-3
by Keynsham Methodist Church Eco Group
Keynsham Methodist Church ECO-HINTS FROM THE LECTIONARY Lent 1 to Lent 3 Year A First Sunday in Lent Genesis 2: 15-17, 3: 1-7 Psalm 32 (H&P 845) Romans 5: 12-19 Matthew 4: 1-11 You could spend some time unpacking the Genesis mythology of ’the tree of knowledge’. This reading para…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Third Sunday of Lent Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Third Sunday of Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Third Sunday of Lent - Year A Exodus 17.1–7 Romans 5.1–11 John 4.5–42 John’s great sprawling story (what an excellent move to have some of Jesus’ Johannine encounters in full during Lent) offers food for thought at every level. The antipathy between Jews and Samaritans wa…
She's the one Christ should have hated
She's the one Christ should have hated
by Andrew Pratt
3rd Sunday in Lent Hymn: She’s the one Christ should have hated She’s the one Christ should have hated, every law set her apart, woman, foreign, faith betrayer, yet compassion warmed his heart. Was he thirsty? Human nature giving us a reason why... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Word…
For the first time I feel free
For the first time I feel free
by Marjorie Dobson
3rd Sunday in Lent John 4.5-42 Dramatic monologue: For the first time I feel free! (Can be used as a Bible Study with the questions at the end, or in worship as a narrative piece with the introduction) ‘For the first time in my life I feel free – all thanks to the only man who’s …
Conversation
Conversation
by Marjorie Dobson
3rd Sunday in Lent John 4: 5-42, Exodus 17: 1-7 Prayer: Conversation Listening God, you are concerned with our conversations. You hear our sharp debates. You are aware of our differences of opinion. You encourage our attempts at reconciliation. You rejoice when we begin to unders…
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Lent - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Lent - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Third Sunday of Lent Exodus 17. 1-7: Psalm 95: Romans 5.1-11 : John 4.5-42 Eternal God and Father, we thirst for your love, we long for your presence, we yearn for your peace. Come, Lord, restore us that we may live to your glory; through him who gives us the water of life, J…
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Lent Year A
Meditation - 3rd Sunday in Lent Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday in Lent Year A A combined planter and harvester John 4: 5-42 Is that a Samaritan woman Jesus appears to be talking to? A pretty unsavoury character I would think if she’s come for water at this time of day. She’s seen us coming and she’s off like shot, so …
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Lent - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Lent - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Third Sunday in Lent Year A Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11 John 4:5-42 As we move closer to Good Friday and Easter, our readings focus more intensely on the purpose of Jesus’ life on earth, on his interaction with individuals and on how our salvation was achiev…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday in Lent - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday in Lent - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday in Lent - Year A Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn: All creatures of our God and King or Where is our God in wilderness and desert Prayer: Jesus was hungry The Lord’s Prayer Hymn: Help us, O Lord, to learn or God give patience as we listen Reading: Exodus 17:1-…
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