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Today’s Gospel presents one of the best known miracles in Jesus’ ministry, the changing of water into wine in Cana. The presence of the Lord at this marriage feast has resulted in our associating Cana with Catholic Marriage. This is OK; but actually the miracle is less about the Sacrament of Marriage than it is about the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
Mary tells Jesus that they have run out of wine and He says: “Woman, what does this concern of yours have to do with me? It is not yet my hour! He is not telling time here. He is saying that hour of his passion, death and resurrection have not yet come. The hour of salvation has not arrived.
Mary tells the steward to do what Jesus tells him. This is the proper response to the presence of Jesus: “Trust in his word.” Jesus asks the steward to fill the six jars with the water. Six water jars were used for purification. The number is important here, also. Six is one less than seven, the days of creation. Six therefore always refers to a lack of perfection. Mankind’s lack of perfection are going to be transformed by the presence of the Savior. The water that had been in the jars was used for purification. Jesus is going to transform it into something that will be used for a greater purification, not just wine, but his blood. This passage is not just about wine, it is about wine that will be transformed into the blood of Christ. The passage is about mankind sharing in death of the Lord trough the Eucharist. The first sign, Cana, points to the Final Sign in the Gospel of John, the crucifixion, when Jesus is raised up on the cross.
Today’s Gospel points to the extraordinary transformation of the world begun at Cana. The transformation took place because people trusted in the word of God. The means for purification from the evil of the world would be transformed from symbolic washing to sharing in the blood of Christ.
When we receive communion we are participating in this transformation of the world. When we receive communion we are united to the One who died on the cross for us. We have to be careful that we never receive communion routinely. We need to remind ourselves that every reception of the Eucharist is a union with the crucified Savior whose blood has defeated the power of evil.
Fr. Jonas msc
Mary tells Jesus that they have run out of wine and He says: “Woman, what does this concern of yours have to do with me? It is not yet my hour! He is not telling time here. He is saying that hour of his passion, death and resurrection have not yet come. The hour of salvation has not arrived.
Mary tells the steward to do what Jesus tells him. This is the proper response to the presence of Jesus: “Trust in his word.” Jesus asks the steward to fill the six jars with the water. Six water jars were used for purification. The number is important here, also. Six is one less than seven, the days of creation. Six therefore always refers to a lack of perfection. Mankind’s lack of perfection are going to be transformed by the presence of the Savior. The water that had been in the jars was used for purification. Jesus is going to transform it into something that will be used for a greater purification, not just wine, but his blood. This passage is not just about wine, it is about wine that will be transformed into the blood of Christ. The passage is about mankind sharing in death of the Lord trough the Eucharist. The first sign, Cana, points to the Final Sign in the Gospel of John, the crucifixion, when Jesus is raised up on the cross.
Today’s Gospel points to the extraordinary transformation of the world begun at Cana. The transformation took place because people trusted in the word of God. The means for purification from the evil of the world would be transformed from symbolic washing to sharing in the blood of Christ.
When we receive communion we are participating in this transformation of the world. When we receive communion we are united to the One who died on the cross for us. We have to be careful that we never receive communion routinely. We need to remind ourselves that every reception of the Eucharist is a union with the crucified Savior whose blood has defeated the power of evil.
Fr. Jonas msc