In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit Psalm 107 says, He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. Our problem with that verse is that God’s time and our time are not the same. If there is something that is […]

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             Is there no one who will cut Jesus some slack? He’s at a wedding feast. It’s a party and perhaps He wants to relax with His disciples, enjoy some great food and wine, and catch up with friends […]

Mary said to Jesus: They have no wine…. Jesus answers her in words which are apparently harsh: Woman! what is it to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come. The meaning of these words is, that, in this great Mystery he was about to act, not as the Son of Mary, but […]

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Last week’s Gospel Lesson (Lk 2:41-52) gave us Jesus’ first recorded public words of the supposedly “lost” boy Jesus: “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” Today’s Gospel Lesson gives us Jesus’ first sign or miracle, turning water into wine at a wedding reception that almost went bad. From an Epiphany in words to an Epiphany in action, today we confess, “And at Cana, Wedding guest, In Thy Godhead manifest.”