CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
SECOND EDITION

1218 Since the beginning of the world, water, so humble and wonderful a creature, has been the source of life and fruitfulness. Sacred Scripture sees it as "overshadowed" by the Spirit of God:

At the very dawn of creation
your Spirit breathed on the waters,
making them the wellspring of all holiness.

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