"There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you." (John 2: 1 - 11).
Sunday 16th January 2022, in the 2nd Week of Ordinary Time.
When wine ran out at the Wedding at Cana, Mary's advice to the servants was simple and precise: "Do whatever He tells you." (John 2: 5) Mary did not know what Jesus would do. But her motherly instinct knew that Jesus would do the best thing under the circumstances. She taught the disciples to open their hearts to Jesus in confident trust.
Today's Gospel shows us the power of the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede for her children. We reflect on this passage in the Second Luminous Mystery of the Holy Rosary. St Luis Marie de Montfort, Apostle of the Rosary gives us this slogan: TO JESUS THROUGH MARY. Mary is the Mediatrix of all graces. If it pleases Jesus to dispense all graces and favors through His Mother the Virgin Mary, who can say nay to Jesus? He is free to order the means of salvation as He wishes.
"And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." (1 John 5 : 14).
"I am your Mother of Perpetual Help and I am the Mediatrix of all graces for my dear children. My eyes of mercy are turned toward you. My Heart is open to you. My hands are ever raised in prayer for you, or open over you to shower abundant graces upon you and upon those for whom you pray." (IN SINU JESU, Monday, December 10, 2007).
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