Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Gospel reading this Sunday is not about the wine but about the people (Jn 2:1-11). It is a statement about the human condition. It is about you and me as much as it is about the people at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. It is about a spiritual condition. It is about our inner life, our way of being, more than the circumstances outside us. Regardless of how it feels or what we think about it, the day the wine runs out is the beginning of a miracle. Christ does not simply refill our glasses. He transforms our lives, turning water into wine. It is, after all, the third day, the day of resurrection and new life. On the third day, our lives are filled to the brim with the good wine when we heed Mary’s request to do whatever Jesus tells us. What is Jesus asking us to do? When we do as he asks every moment of every day, Christ pours himself into the empty jars of our life. He is the good wine; extravagant, abundant, and endless.
Every time that good wine is poured, our lives are changed and transformed. We are brought out of sin into righteousness, and out of death into life. I can’t explain how that happens. I only know that it does happen. I have tasted the good wine. I have experienced the miracle at Cana in my own life, and I have seen it in the lives of others. Has the wine in your life run out? Invite Jesus in and expect something miraculous.
God Bless,
Deacon Howard
