Friday, March 17, 2017
Commemoration of Patrick, missionary to Ireland (see last
pages)
Reading: Exodus 17:1-7
In April 2010, National Geographic devoted an entire issue
to the theme of “Water,” and included in the issue one of those grand National
Geographic maps, this one a mapping of every river system of the world. One
need only a quick glance to see that between the Nile in Egypt and the Tigris
and Euphrates in Iraq there is Not Much. Not even taking into account the
Jordan and its few tributaries. Not much at all. It is brown on the map. No
perennial rivers or lakes. And it is through this land that Moses and the
Israelites are traveling. Water is life. Water is the life-blood of the green
earth, like capillaries and arteries in our own bodies. The Israelites looked
around and as far as they could see – only desert. Only wilderness. Only dry
rock. But underneath their feet, out of sight, unknown, was blessing – the
fossil water of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer. They saw only despair, hopelessness.
But they were surrounded by blessing: water, life. Unseen, under their very
feet, was blessing.
God of
life, so dwell in us that our trust in you may never be shaken. Amen
- Become aware today of all
the ways water comes into our lives. Place a small bowl of water on your
altar. Make the sign of the cross with it.
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