• Death & Destruction

• Purification, Regeneration & Renewal

• The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:2).

• The earth was founded upon the waters (Genesis 1:6-7, 9-10).

• God commanded the water to bring out an abundance of living souls (Genesis 1:20-21).

•The Exodus

•The Great Flood

•First among the sacraments

•Matter: True and natural water

•Form: “I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost”

•Effect: Remission of all sin, original and actual

•“Stoup”

•Water mixed with wine in the Mass

•Purification of the chalice

•Blessing of the congregation

•Laying of the foundation stone of a church

•Consecration of a church

•Washing the high altar on Maundy Thursday

•Blessing of the bell

•Blessing of new house, building, ship

•Exorcism