The Woman at the Well — Ignatius of Loyola

Imaginative Contemplation

The Woman at the Well

Ignatius of Loyola · 1491–1556

At noon, by a well, a tired stranger asks a lonely woman for a drink — and speaks to her whole life with tenderness, not blame. Sit at the well, and let him name your thirst.

Sound

St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (composition of place, §47; colloquium, §54). Scripture: John 4:5–29, World English Bible.