"He Will Give You Living Waters"

In these days of great misery and accumulating misfortune in the nation of Haiti, we wish to express again to our Haitian brothers and sisters that we stand by you in fraternal feelings and in solidarity. Right now too many of you are dying of thirst and are in vital need of water. Perhaps you are wishing you could draw from a well alike Jacob's.

Jesus once promised a Samaritan woman living waters that quench all thirsts. They exist as the waters of our baptism - which made us into children of God - and as the Good News.

It is possible to affirm with conviction that God is our Father, and that his son Jesus, our brother, knew true suffering when he died nailed to a cross. Afterwards, he resurrected into a stronger, more loving and luminous immortal being. The path Jesus took is the only one that can bring a real sense of hope into our challenging lives, especially when all seems lost.

During 2010 the Shrine of Saint Anne invites you to 'draw from the well of Jacob', to meet Jesus who provides living waters: "The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life." (John 4:14)


Fr. Guy Pilote, C.Ss.R.
Rector of the Shrine