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Last Sunday, the third Sunday of Lent, our Gospel of Jesus and the Samaritan woman in Jacob's well. Where is the present day Samaritan? Where is the present day Sychar? Where is that well called Jacob's well. Is the well still there or where it was situated. During our Holy Land Pilgrimage last November in celebration with the Golden Jubilee of the Diocese of San Pablo, we visited many places but more were not included such as the well of Jacob.  The Fountain of Jacob associated with ancient religious tradition as our Gospel of the third week of lent have narrated which is the place of encounter with the Samaritan woman and Jesus and later on with the neighbors and town's folk of the said woman, is presently situated according to the experts is situated a short distance from the archaeological site of Tell Balata.Tell Balata  is the site of the remains of an ancient Canaanite/Israelite[1] city located in the Palestinian West Bank.The site is listed by UNESCO as...

First reading (Heb 2:5-12) Responsorial Psalm ( Ps 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9) Gospel (Mk 1:21-28) Jesus taught with authority. Jesus taught many things on the occasion of his public ministry. What make him stand out is that he taught with authority. His speaks with authority because people see that what he preach becomes a reality. There are also people who are in authority and uses their authority to enriched themselves and for their own personal gains. They are in authority but they do not speak with authority. they abuse their authority. Whether we are holding any position or not, we should speak with authority. Like Jesus, let us speak with authority. let our words become reality and speak only of what is real. just recently, I remember, a news item about a man who give back a diamond bracelet he found on the street worth millions of dollars. When asked, why did he returned it. He responded that he wants to be a living examples to his children. This man surely speaks with au...