Bernini’s Ecstasy of St Teresa in the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, depicting a mystical experience of St Teresa of Ávila. Photo: Livioandronico2013 / Wikimedia Commons. In the Gospel story of his encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus describes the life of God within the believer as being like a well-spring of fresh water: “The water that I will give them will become a spring, welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14). With this image, Jesus teaches us…
