Woman at the Well, art by Fr. Sieger Köder

From this depth—I came only to draw water
in a jug—so long ago, this brightness
still clings to my eyes—the perception I found,
and so much empty space, my own,
reflected in the well.

Yet it is good. I can never take all of you
into me. Stay then as mirror in the well.
Leaves and flowers remain, and each astonished gaze
brings them down
to my eyes transfixed more by light
than by sorrow.

~ Song of the Brightness of Water, a poem written by Karol Wojtyla (Pope St. John Paul II), on the Samaritan woman’s reflections after her encounter with Jesus at the well
(John 4).

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Wishing you all a very blessed Feast day of Pope St. John Paul II!