A baby’s first cry isn’t sadness, but life. After nine months in the womb’s warm fluid, air rushes into the baby’s lungs as it is born. Crying helps oxygen circulate through the body. Breath. Birth. A holy moment.

“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

It’s both a statement of faith and an expression of grief. Mary and Martha are open with Jesus, sharing their frustration and disappointment.

No water. No life. Scientists remind us that if there is life beyond Earth, it will be on planets and moons that harbor liquid water.