Quite possibly my favorite Scripture is the Wedding at Cana. I love it for a few reasons.
- it is a joyful wedding celebrating marriage! It is a very real event that we all have experience with and Jesus was right there with everyone else celebrating with everyone else.
- It is Jesus' first miracle
- It is awe inspiring to think of the servants and their wonder at seeing Jesus turn the water into wine. They were the first to know what happened because they actually filled the jars with water themselves and then, all of a sudden it was wine!
- The wine Jesus gave them was far better than the earthly wine they were drinking before. It makes sense to me that as I figure out God's will for me - it is far better than anything I could come up with.
- Mary was the first to be aware that they were running out of wine. Like so many women aware of their surroundings, she appealed to Jesus and asked him to help.
- Jesus listened to his Mother even though he said "It was not yet his time".
- Jesus and Mary seem to have this unspoken understanding of each other. There is an intimacy, trust, and gentleness there. Spouses, family member, and friends experience this and it is clear that Mary and Jesus are a holy example of that intimacy.
I like this quote from "The Better Part":
"Jesus treated his mother with love and respect. He sees her not only as God's chosen instrument, but also as the woman who brought him into the world, took care of him when he was a helpless infant, and taught him to speak, to pray, to work, and to live. Both Jesus and Mary were free from sin, but that made them more human, not less. And so the natural incomparable bond that forms between a mother and her son was deeper, purer, and more binding in their case than in any other case in human history."
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