THE SECOND LUMINOUS MYSTERY |
SELF-MANIFESTATION AT THE WEDDING AT CANA |
LORD, GRANT ME THE GRACE OF FIDELITY |
Our Father... On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. (John 2:1) Hail Mary... Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. (John 2:2) Hail Mary... When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." (John 2:3) Hail Mary... (And) Jesus said to her, "Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come." (John 2:4) Hail Mary... His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you." (John 2:5) Hail Mary... 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. (John 2:6,7) Hail Mary... Then he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it. (John 2:8) Hail Mary... 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... (John 2:9) Hail Mary... ...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." (John 2:10) Hail Mary... Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. (John 2:11) Hail Mary... Glory Be To... O My Jesus... Continue Back to the Main Page |
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