Lessons of Cana

"The mother of Jesus said to him, 'They have no wine.' Jesus said, 'Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.' His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you"(John 2: 3-5)NJB

Lessons from the Miracle of Cana:
We learn that Mary's prayer was very effective in getting result at the marriage feast of Cana. Mary was not discouraged by the protests of Jesus. She knew her son intimately.

Jesus told the servants to 'fill the jars with water.' This command reminds of Elisha, Naaman and the River Jordan.(2Kings 5:10) Peter was similarly commanded to cast his net into the water.(John 21:6) Trust and obedience brought miracle.

Pius Xll wrote in his Apostolic Letter, Per Christi Matrem, of May 15, 1947: "The maternal office of mediatrix really began at the very moment of her consent to the Incarnation; it was manifested for the first time by the first sign of Christ's grace, at Cana in Galilee; from that moment it rapidly spread down through the ages with the growth of the Church."

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