THE WEDDING OF CANA
4. The Miracle.
All this did not obviously discourage Mary. Her first attempt had failed. to us, humanly speaking, the difficulties mentioned by Jesus were such that it were better to keep silent. But Mary did not take it this way. Just as though Jesus had said precisely the contrary of what He had said, just as though He had explicitly stated that He was ready to do whatever She wished, Mary calls the servants and issues to them peremptory orders: Do whatever He tells you. Thus there was no escape for Jesus; He was compromised. He had to do something. And so it was that in obedience to the will of His Mother He performed His first and most spectacular miracle: that of the conversion of water into wine.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
4. The Miracle.
All this did not obviously discourage Mary. Her first attempt had failed. to us, humanly speaking, the difficulties mentioned by Jesus were such that it were better to keep silent. But Mary did not take it this way. Just as though Jesus had said precisely the contrary of what He had said, just as though He had explicitly stated that He was ready to do whatever She wished, Mary calls the servants and issues to them peremptory orders: Do whatever He tells you. Thus there was no escape for Jesus; He was compromised. He had to do something. And so it was that in obedience to the will of His Mother He performed His first and most spectacular miracle: that of the conversion of water into wine.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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