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:
What can
we learn out of this first miracle of Jesus in the wedding at Cana? We learn of
the enormous influence of his mother Mary over him. In the middle of the
wedding banquet they suddenly run out of wine however thanks to Mary who informed
Jesus that there was no more wine left.
Mary went
to Jesus to tell Him that they have no more wine on the surface it appears that
Jesus doesn’t care if they have no more wine. However, deep within Him Jesus cared
for the simple reason that it was brought to His attention by His mother Mary.
What if
Mary was not in the wedding, who amongst the disciples have the guts to
approach Jesus to tell Him that there was no more wine? Perhaps nobody would
have dared disturb their Master but thanks to the presence of Mary and her
motherly instinct and influence over Jesus.
Mary is
always listened to by Jesus for the simple reason she is His mother. Jesus came
into this world through Mary, from His birth up to His death Mary was
with Jesus as well. No small wonder that Mary has great influence over Jesus.
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