The blessing of this water reminds us of Christ, the living water, and of the sacrament of Baptism, in which we were born of water and the Holy Spirit.

Mary is the one who believed and, from her womb, rivers of living water have flowed forth to irrigate human history.

In essence, we are creating our own “cisterns”. Just as quickly as these trends can peak, they can also fade, leaving us on the search once again. As the fountain of living water, or a flowing spring, ...