First Miracle

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there for a few days. John 2:2-12

First Miracle

O God the author of love's miracles
you bring us together and bind us
one family, one people, one heart
even when we try to be separate.

You exist from the very beginning
and will be beyond the known end
and yet we panic in these dark days
and worry there will never be enough.

The Incarnate one's first miracle
was not the water changed into wine
but the willingness and vulnerability
taking on your call to love us all.

Let us be a bit like Jesus for our day
willing and vulnerable for others
offering our time and efforts daily
so that others may know the miracle of love. Amen