Through Jesus Christ, the water of life, we pray. Since the beginning of time every civilization has developed around the God-given resource of water. In ancient times cities were built around running springs, on the banks of a river, by a lakeside, or on the shores of the sea. Today we may pump water in from hundreds of miles away but water remains as one of the centers of our existence. Water gives life to the seed in the dry earth that with the sun's light gives us grain.
Water gives life to the roots of the vine that with the sun's light brings forth the fruit.
Without water there is no existence. Today we gather around this the Lord's Table. In our gathering at this table we do not have the element of water. At this table we have the elements of bread and wine. The bread to be broken is the symbol of the body of our Lord.