Gospel: 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 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.
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Reflection:
How influential is
your mother to you? Do you always listen to her whenever she speaks to
you? Influence is something that Mary
has over her son Jesus not only that she exercised influence over Jesus. She
also has the listening ear of Jesus.
The backdrop of
Jesus’ first miracle is the wedding at Cana that run out of wine. The wedding
feast could have already been over in that instance but Mary was there to save
the day. She went to Jesus for the reason that she knows that she exercised
influence over her son. Mary also knows that she has the listening ear of
Jesus.
What does Mary teach
us? She teaches us that we always have to go to Jesus when we have issues in
our life. We have to let Jesus take over the driver seat not us taking over, we
have to be patient and not be demanding toward Jesus.
Mary is also
silently teaching us about humility, patience and acceptance of the will of God
for our life. – Marino J. Dasmarinas.