John
2, 1-11
3rd
Epiphany
On
the third day a wedding took place in Cana in Galilee and the mother of Jesus
was there. And Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
When
the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
And
Jesus answered her, “Something still weaves between me and you, o Woman. The
hour when I can work out of myself alone has not yet come.”
Then
his mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
There
were six stone jars set up there for the Jewish custom of ceremonial washing,
each containing twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars
with fresh water.”
And
they filled them to the brim. And he said, “Now draw some out and take it to
the Master of the feast. And they brought it to him.
Now
when the Master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, not knowing
where it came from—for only the servants who had drawn the water knew—he called
the bridegroom aside and said to him, “Everyone serves the choice wine first,
and when the guests have drunk, then the lesser; but you have saved the best
until now.”
This, the beginning of
the signs of the spirit which Jesus performed among men happened at Cana in
Galilee and revealed the creating spiritual power that worked through Him. The
disciples’ hearts opened, the power of faith began to stir in them, and they
began to trust in him.
January 26, 2014
John 2: 1-11
Baby ducklings or goslings, when they first come out of their
eggs, will view as parent whomever or whatever they first see. If they first
see a dog, or a human, this will become their parent. This imprinting seems to illustrate
a kind of law in other social spheres; that how things begin imprint a kind of
signature on how they will continue.
This wedding at Cana is the first sign Christ works with the
earth, with the feminine, with humanity.
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In time He will integrate the feminine into Himself and will
be able to work ‘out of himself alone.’ He himself will become the Vine that
reaches deep into the earth. He will change the waters of earth into the wine
of His blood. He will pour it out in offering to both to the earth and to all
of humanity. He, today the wedding
guest, will tomorrow become the Bridegroom. He will become the King’s Son at
the marriage feast. He will wed the Soul of Humanity. Together, He and we will
bear much fruit.