GOSPEL OF THE DAY

From the Gospel according to John

Jn 2:1-11

There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee,

and the mother of Jesus was there.

Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.

When the wine ran short,

the mother of Jesus said to him,

“They have no wine.”

And Jesus said to her,

“Woman, how does your concern affect me?

My hour has not yet come.”

His mother said to the servers,

“Do whatever he tells you.”

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings,

each holding twenty to thirty gallons.

Jesus told them,

“Fill the jars with water.”

So they filled them to the brim.

Then he told them,

“Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.”

So they took it.

And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine,

without knowing where it came from

— although the servers who had drawn the water knew —,

the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him,

“Everyone serves good wine first,

and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one;

but you have kept the good wine until now.”

Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee

and so revealed his glory,

and his disciples began to believe in him.

The word of the Lord

 

Water that burns.

When there is no wine in our marriage, Mary always intervenes. Jesus needs some purification jars to be able to perform the miracle of transforming our love into His Love. And that purification jar must be my heart, and the water that fills it must be my self-denial. It is a water that comes to me and burns, because it has to ferment in my heart to allow the wine of Lord in me, turning my heart of stone into a heart of flesh.

 

Applied to Married Life:

Álvaro: I am currently going through a very strange situation. A difficult situation where my wife perceives me as being against her, even though I am trying to help her with all my strength. I feel tremendous helplessness, because she usually complains that I don’t help her, but when I am giving my all to help her, she feels me as an enemy. What can I do?

Mamen: Offer your sacrifice to our mother Mary so she can go to the Lord and let the Lord act between you. He will take care of it…, don’t worry. Your marriage will eventually get the good wine.

Mother, 

There is so little that is in our hands, that we cannot expect anything other than the Lord Himself who makes Himself present out of love. Praised be His Sacred Heart.