The
wedding feast at Cana
What
is most interesting is that this miracle takes place in a common setting: a
wedding reception. With all the amazing stories that follow of healing the sick
and driving out demons, raising the dead, Jesus’ first miracle was saving
someone from embarrassment due to poor planning. Once again, after the Epiphany, His Baptism
in the Jordan River and now the miracle at Cana, the glory of Jesus is
revealed.
Miracles
happen in everyday settings just by our being aware of the needs of others and
helping out, sometimes in the simplest of ways. The ones we help may know
nothing about it. The host of the wedding may have been puzzled, but continued
to enjoy his wedding feast and probably thanked God for his good fortune. The
guests no doubt were happy the wine kept flowing. Nothing too dramatic, no
lives saved or diseases cured; just joy and celebration for a few more hours.
We
may not be able to turn water into wine, but we can turn tears into laughter,
hunger into a full belly, illiteracy into knowledge, and despair into hope. We
can work miracles too if we simply recognize the needs of others and do
something about it.
LENT
2016
It
seems too early to be talking about Lent but it is approaching faster than we
can imagine. I just want to give you a preview of parts of our Lenten Schedule
for your calendars.
Ash
Wednesday – February 10th. There will be a school Mass and distribution of
ashes for St. Dominic and Queen of Heaven at 9:15 am, St. Paul’s Mass at 1pm
and our parish Mass at 7:30 pm. You are welcome, of course, at any of these
liturgies.
Friday
evenings during Lent – in addition to the morning Mass at 8am, there will be an
evening Mass at 7pm followed by Stations of the Cross.
Fr. Phil
