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SCRIPTURES & ART: Jesus is the “beloved Son sent by God” who, at the wedding feast of Cana, first manifests his love.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “The Wedding at Cana,” ca. 1672 (photo: Public Domain)
I noted two weeks ago on the Epiphany that the solemnity was once observed as profoundly as Christmas. Part of the reason is that brought many mysteries of Christ’s life together in this feast, a trace of which remains in the antiphon for the Magnificat in Evening Prayer II of Epiphany:
Three mysteries mark this holy day: today the star leads the Magi to the infant Christ; today water is changed into wine for the wedding feast; today Christ wills to be baptized by John in the river Jordan to bring us salvation.
What the Church once marked as the “three mysteries [of] … this holy day” we have been observing the last three Sundays. Two weeks ago, Matthew’s Gospel spoke of the Adoration of the Magi. Last Sunday, Luke told us of the Baptism of Jesus. This Sunday, John takes us to the wedding at Cana.
These three mysteries each help us identify who Jesus is: God, King and mortal, the “beloved Son sent by God” who, at the wedding feast of Cana, first manifests his love.
Continued below.
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time — ‘There Was a Wedding at Cana’
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “The Wedding at Cana,” ca. 1672 (photo: Public Domain)
I noted two weeks ago on the Epiphany that the solemnity was once observed as profoundly as Christmas. Part of the reason is that brought many mysteries of Christ’s life together in this feast, a trace of which remains in the antiphon for the Magnificat in Evening Prayer II of Epiphany:
Three mysteries mark this holy day: today the star leads the Magi to the infant Christ; today water is changed into wine for the wedding feast; today Christ wills to be baptized by John in the river Jordan to bring us salvation.
What the Church once marked as the “three mysteries [of] … this holy day” we have been observing the last three Sundays. Two weeks ago, Matthew’s Gospel spoke of the Adoration of the Magi. Last Sunday, Luke told us of the Baptism of Jesus. This Sunday, John takes us to the wedding at Cana.
These three mysteries each help us identify who Jesus is: God, King and mortal, the “beloved Son sent by God” who, at the wedding feast of Cana, first manifests his love.
Continued below.
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time — ‘There Was a Wedding at Cana’