The Statue of Liberty is an icon of our political freedom. The Cross is an icon of our spiritual freedom. The Statue of ...

Jesus re­framed the ethics of his times to include caring for those with whom observant Jews would not associate, such as the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:7-42.

Jesus could not say to the Samaritan woman that she served God well, because she, a Samaritan, held erroneous religious beliefs. But he could speak about her identity.

A passage in the fourth chapter of the Book of John tells the story of Jesus approaching a Samaritan woman at a well. During their exchange, Jesus reveals himself to the woman — who is meant to ...

The Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well brings Divine Mercy to its fullest light. Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890), “Christ and the Woman at the Well” (photo: Public Domain) ...

Jesus saw a woman at the well who was more than a second-class person. He saw her as a person with need. His disciples had not yet reached that point and couldn’t see our common humanity.

Jun. 17—The story of Jesus' encounter with a Samaritan woman at Jacob's Well is told in John 4:4-42 to show that everyone has great value in God's eyes. That's according to the Revs. James J ...

This is Swiss artist Angelika Kauffman’s depiction of a Samaritan woman meeting Jesus at Jacob ‘s Well, where she became convinced that he was the Messiah. Kauffman lived from 1741-1807.

In fact, when Jesus, while sitting by the well, asked the woman for a drink of water (John 4:7), she expressed her surprise, “‘How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?’ ...

The window, which adorns St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Warren, Rhode Island, shows Jesus with dark skin while he speaks to a dark-skinned Samaritan woman at a well. Another scene in the 12-feet ...

Henry Sharp Studio, Jesus with dark skin speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well in a window for St. Mark’s Church in Warren, Rhode Island (1877). Photo by Michel Raguin.