The Wadi Quelt is a...
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The Wadi Quelt is a dry ravine running from Jerusalem toward Jericho. For hundreds of years, St. George's Monastery has been located there. Though the wadi occasionally is blessed with a flow of water following heavy rains, the supply is not dependable. Early monastics first attempted to supplement the order's needs from an artesian well, but that supply, too, proved undependable. An ancient Roman aqueduct also runs through the area and it provided a much more reliable water source. The original abbot observing the Roman structure stated that our faith lives needed to be more like the aqueduct than the reservoir. The reservoir eventually would be depleted of its supply unless there was some way to refill it. The life lived like an aqueduct perpetually in connection with God would never be depleted.
