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Good morning.

Today is World Water Day, which is a reminder that so many people in our world do not have access to a ready supply of drinking water. When I was growing up, my mum would always suggest that my siblings and I needed to drink up to eight glasses of water per day, to flush our kidneys. The water she had in mind came out of a tap, rather than the fancy, bottled, mineral variety that you buy in shops.

Have to admit, that I've always had a curious relationship with drinking water. It's something that I know I need to consume to stay fit and healthy, but it鈥檚 not something that I really like. What鈥檚 more, I always feel a bit irked when I buy a bottle of spring water because it's something I associate with nature, and thus regard as free.

Equally, water always brings to mind a series of paradoxes: it makes up to 3 quarters of the earth鈥檚 surface, but actual drinking water is generally in short supply. Moreover, precious amounts of drinking water are often used to grow food items that are deemed nutritious, but considered luxurious. Finally, we often drink spring water, which is meant to be healthy, from containers and vessels that are not recyclable, and so potentially bad for the environment.

Having said that, in so many religions and cultures, water symbolises life or new life. Yet in a more prosaic way, it must be recognised that a lack of water invariably results in a loss of life, or as a sign of the absence of life.

So I pray that we may be ever mindful of a natural world, always seeking to both care and share its precious resources, such as water.

Amen.