We in Mississippi seem to have adequate rainfall most of the time, although I think there are times that the farmers in our area don’t have adequate water for their crops. Even though we have had a lot of rain this summer, I still have to water my herb garden at times. Earlier this spring, the city of Cape Town in South Africa, a city with a metropolitan area of almost 4 million people, can close to completely running out of water, of having to ration water so extremely that we can barely imagine. We often have images of water in holy scripture. Today, we have an image of water from the prophet Ezekiel, a cleansing image that is heard both in our first reading and in our psalm response: “I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.” What do we need to be cleansed from today? What idols are we fixated upon? What impurities are holding us back? When we think about cleansing our lives in this sense, even though water is a good symbol for us, the working of the Holy Spirit and our cooperation and response to God are what will bring it about. May the Holy Spirit renew us. May the Holy Spirit cleanse us.
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