WEDDING AT CANA: COOPERATORS OF GOD
By Fr. Casmir Odundo Today is the second Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is the first Sunday after the Christmas season. As such, it is a custom for the Church to offer us for our reflection, the Gospel pericope on the Wedding at Cana after the Sunday of the Baptism of Our Lord. This reason is simply because this miracle (the changing of water into wine at Cana,) together with what we celebrated last Sunday, (the Baptism of Our Lord) and the feast of the Epiphany form a unit. These three are all Epiphanies, so to speak. Jesus is being revealed to the world, his divinity is made manifest to the Magi (Epiphany) again during his Baptism and at the Wedding at Cana. Now John calls this the first sign that Jesus performed. We know that John calls miracles that Jesus performed signs. And he elaborates on only seven signs. The first is the one we reflect on today, (the wedding at Cana) and the last is the restoration of Lazarus. These signs are carefully selected and progressive. Now wa...