THE WEDDING OF CANA
3. The Words of Mary.
Mary could not stand aside and do nothing. She had been invited by the bride and bridegroom and must do something. Her heart urged Her to action. Nobody says anything to Her. She it is, who, on finding some suffering and sorrow, unbidden springs to action. From the heart of Mary learn bounty, mercy and delicacy and at the same time trust in Her, since She will certainly behave in the same manner towards you.
Then it was that Mary, turning to Jesus, whispered, They have no wine! Words so simple and yet so eloquent. Neither an order nor a prayer. Just the bare statement of a need. Yet She does not doubt that Jesus will see to it. She need not ask or order. She knows it is enough to express a desire and Jesus will understand. For a son the desire of the mother is a law, not a command. However Jesus apparently seems on this occasion to refuse the request and answers: What is it to you and to me? It was as though He said "This is not our concern. Let those concerned think of it."
Moreover, is not this lack of wine just a mere trifle? Did it much matter that they should run short of wine just towards the end of the banquet, when everybody had already drunk to their heart's content? Had it been the beginning, then it would have been something serious but surely not now. Moreover, since this is a case of something exclusively material, why should there be any hurry to perform a miracle? And as if all these reasons were not enough, Jesus adds: My time has not come yet, in other words, this is neither the time nor the place appointed by My Father to start working miracles and manifest My divine mission to the world.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
3. The Words of Mary.
Mary could not stand aside and do nothing. She had been invited by the bride and bridegroom and must do something. Her heart urged Her to action. Nobody says anything to Her. She it is, who, on finding some suffering and sorrow, unbidden springs to action. From the heart of Mary learn bounty, mercy and delicacy and at the same time trust in Her, since She will certainly behave in the same manner towards you.
Then it was that Mary, turning to Jesus, whispered, They have no wine! Words so simple and yet so eloquent. Neither an order nor a prayer. Just the bare statement of a need. Yet She does not doubt that Jesus will see to it. She need not ask or order. She knows it is enough to express a desire and Jesus will understand. For a son the desire of the mother is a law, not a command. However Jesus apparently seems on this occasion to refuse the request and answers: What is it to you and to me? It was as though He said "This is not our concern. Let those concerned think of it."
Moreover, is not this lack of wine just a mere trifle? Did it much matter that they should run short of wine just towards the end of the banquet, when everybody had already drunk to their heart's content? Had it been the beginning, then it would have been something serious but surely not now. Moreover, since this is a case of something exclusively material, why should there be any hurry to perform a miracle? And as if all these reasons were not enough, Jesus adds: My time has not come yet, in other words, this is neither the time nor the place appointed by My Father to start working miracles and manifest My divine mission to the world.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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