January 19, 2025 – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time –
Sr. Ellen Keane, SNDdeN
John 2: 1-11
John begins narrating the wedding feast of Cana with, “On the third day”. Numbers seem to play a role in this passage. The mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited
The wine gave out.The mother of Jesus said, “They have no wine.” Jesus said, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.”
Three times Mary is identified not by name, but by Mother…
Hodding Carter, journalist and author once wrote, “Two precious gifts a family brings …give them roots and give them wings! Clearly, his mother and Joseph gave Jesus his roots… deep, rich, grounding… and together with the grounding he was given at an early age, he was also given wings to fly.Here at Cana His mother knew his time had come. Although he was slow to take wing, it was time to fly. She helped him to see that as well, as she pushed him out of the nest!
His mother speaks again; this time to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 stone jars are filled to the brim… The ordinary becomes extraordinary, and joy abounds! This moment highlights the importance of relationship and engagement. The servants engaged with Jesus…the stone jars, and the water themselves became instruments in his time to fly. It is relationships that allow for transformation to take place. All were seized by joy as water became wine in abundance!
And so… we ask ourselves: Who are the people like Mary who gave us roots and gave us wings…who gently pushed us out of our nests?Who are the people and experiences whom Jesus used and continues to use to turn our water into wine…that help us in discovering more of who we are; who God is? May we too be seized by joy as we embrace the everyday miracles!
John 2: 1-11
There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told the them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from —although the servers who had drawn the water knew —, the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.”
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.
The Gospel of the Lord
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