WHATEVER JESUS TELLS YOU TO DO, DO IT WITHOUT DELAY.
DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU.
"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.”
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.
Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.”
So they took it. 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 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.”
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. (John 2: 1 - 12).
Sunday 19th January 2025, 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)
Today's Gospel shows us the power of the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede for her children.
DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU.
The Church from ancient times did not miss the critical lesson of the Miracle at the Wedding of Cana.
Scripture teaches that "the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful." (Cf James 5: 15 - 17).
If the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful, how much more the prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary made directly to her Son, Jesus?
Mary said: They have no wine. She then turned confidently to the servants and said: Do whatever He tells you. 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.
We reflect on this passage in the Second Luminous Mystery of the Holy ROSARY. (The Wedding Feast At Cana).
The confidence of Mary in God's answer to our prayers should be an inspiration to us.
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).
The Church honors the Most Holy Name of Jesus in January.
“Jesus,
Name full of glory,
grace, love and strength!
You are the refuge of those who repent,
our banner of warfare in this life,
the medicine of souls,
the comfort of those who morn,
the delight of those who believe,
the light of those
who preach the true faith,
the wages of those who toil,
the healing of the sick.
To You our devotion aspires,
by You our prayers are received;
we delight in contemplating You.
O Name of Jesus,
You are the glory of all the saints for eternity.
Amen. (By St Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444)
For the Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and prayer intentions click the link below:
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