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| Summary: Jesus wasn’t ready to begin his public ministry when his mother pointedly pointed out at the wedding feast at Cana: “They have no wine.” But there it is. It’s never going to be the right moment for us to serve God, so we might as well be ready to jump in, feet first, when the Spirit — or someone like Mary — prods us. Because it’s never going to be the right moment. It’s always too soon, or sometimes, it may even seem like it’s too late. But God is present in the Now! Oh, and remember, someone is watching, someone invisible to you because of your preconceived notions. But they see. And God sees.
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| Summary: The first sign Jesus performed in the Gospel of John is invisible. Only the servants whom no one is paying attention to really see what Jesus is about. What’s this to you and me? Well, maybe God doesn’t have to call our attention to every divine action in our lives, but rest assured, God is involved, God is among us and God cares not only that we find a way through troubles, but that we enjoy ourselves on occasion as well. |
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| Summary: Through his actions, Jesus shows us how to live as disciples and share the bounty and grace of God. |
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| Summary: In this story of Jesus’ “coming out” at a wedding in a small town in Galilee, we are given a foreshadowing of what Jesus will do on behalf of God’s people. Jesus’ presence with us is a sign, pointing beyond itself to a new kind of purification. Our only response to this new kind of purification needs to be celebration — a party welcoming to our midst the very presence of God. |
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| Summary: At the wedding Jesus attended, the miracle of turning water to wine was possible because the servants obeyed Jesus. We can bring no greater gift to Jesus than our obedience. Whatever else we bring, however great it may be, if obedience is lacking, our gift is a poor one. That’s because obedience is the working expression of faith. |
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| Summary: The first sign of Jesus’ kingdom, which occurred at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, is the surprise of joy. |
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| Summary: In narrating the miracle at Cana, John intends us to learn far more than that Jesus had the ability to work miracles. He wanted us to know that the best means of salvation had come, and that that is the root of real joy. |
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| Summary: Jesus confronts a hardened religious tradition by tossing it over and replacing it with an emphasis on his death and resurrection.
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| Summary: When Jesus overturned the money-changing tables in the Jerusalem temple, he was showing us how to be angry about the right things. He didn’t focus on individuals there but, rather, on entire systems that oppressed and cheated people. Our work to fix what’s wrong in our world also should be aimed at unjust, broken systems. |
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| Summary: Sometimes we get stuck in our pews on Sundays and forget that there is a world out there in need of God’s love. We need to be willing to get outside of our comfort zones and see and experience God in our world, not just in our church. |
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| Summary: Jesus found the temple turned into a market. Is that what the church is supposed to be? Jesus said the church is his Father’s house where he is to be worshiped. |
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| Summary: Jesus cleared the temple of the moneychangers and the sacrifice sellers, but that was not to condemn us for selling tamales or cookies on parish grounds after Mass. It was to protect the rights of the poor, who are the Savior’s children. |
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| Summary: Although we prefer the story of Jesus turning water into wine, we need to hear of how Jesus confronts the animal-sellers and money-changers. Jesus’ good wine fills our emptiness, but Jesus’ confrontation of our compromises enables us to face the things in us we need to change. Because we trust Jesus to offer us good wine, we can trust Jesus to cleanse and overturn the things in us and the church that keep us from genuine worship. |
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| Summary: When Jesus turned over the exchange tables in the temple, the people there demanded a sign from him to prove that he had the authority to take such an outrageous action. The only sign he would eventually give them would be his resurrection.
Today, God does not want us to base our faith on miracles, which sometimes do not come at the needed time. Instead, The Lord wants us to base our faith in the character of God and the certainty of Jesus’ resurrection.
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| Summary: When Jesus drove the moneychangers out of the temple, he was not simply letting his human side show and blowing his top. He was actually being Christ-like in insisting that the Father be treated as holy. Likewise, we are being Christ-like as we seriously work to model our lives on Christ Jesus. |
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