Old Stuff

Water, Wheat, Grapes

T. S. O'Rama provided one of those "wow" moments for me this morning (emphasis added by me):

There are some things even the Pope has no power to change - such as the use of wine in Communion. What is special about wine? Or what is special about water, when used in Baptism? Besides that Jesus used both, there's a sense in which water, for example, is not merely a symbol of cleansing but was created firstly for Baptism and only secondarily for thirst-quenching and cleansing. In other words, instead of thinking that God appropriated water as a symbol since it had cleansing and thirst-quenching properties, consider that He imagined [it] primarily for the sacrament and that secondary uses were applied so that its real use in Baptism might be better understood.