Breaking with taboo to invite all JOHN 4:5–42
By June Renie
In today’s gospel we encounter Jesus in the Samaritan town of Sychar, sitting at Jacob’s well, tired and hungry from travelling. It is here, at the sixth hour, that we encounter Jesus declaring Himself “I am he” (Jn 4:26), to a Samaritan woman with whom rabbinic law forbade Him to interact.