These four paintings, “Chrystus i Samarytanka” (Christ and the Samaritan Woman), date from 1909-1912. At least the 1909 painting is held by the Museum of the Archdiocese of Warsaw .

39 x 29 cm. (15.4 x 11.4 in.) Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, Paris. - Pierre-Louis de Reich de Pennautier, Paris/Versailles, 1711. - Philippe II de Bourbon, Duke of Orléans, Palais Royal ...

We preach the Kingdom by reaching out in friendship” (“The Art of Friendship,” the Tablet, 4 Feb. 2023). ... Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at noontime at a public well.

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.

The Pope’s March 12 Angelus message, delivered from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, focused on the story of Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman at the well, specifically his ...

To do so, however, requires self-possession, authority and guts. And that Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well has the full package. That’s why I think she is the most interesting woman in the Gospels.