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✍🏾The Miracle at Cana – The Beginning of Christ’s Manifested Works
👉🏾Saint John writes: “This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory.” (John 2:11)
This statement does not imply that Christ had never performed a miracle before, but that it was the first miracle after His public revelation and baptism. According to Church tradition, our Lord was baptized on Tir 11, returned from His fasting on Yekatit 21 and attended the wedding at Cana on Yekatit 25.
👉🏾For liturgical harmony, the Church celebrates the Feast of Cana of Galilee on Tir 12, following the Feast of the Epiphany, to signify the connection between the sanctifying waters of baptism and the sanctifying wine of the miracle.
✍🏾In Cana of Galilee, the bridegroom was Dokim, and the groom’s father was Joachim, the uncle of the Apostle Saint Nathanael. To sanctify this marriage, the Lord Jesus Christ was invited together with His Blessed Mother, the Holy Virgin Mary, and His faithful apostles.
✍🏾Though our Lord and His Mother lived in holiness and abstained from worldly feasting, they attended the wedding out of love and humility—to bless the hosts, to reveal the dignity of marriage, and to manifest the mystery of divine joy within the union of man and woman. Their presence alone made that gathering sacred.
✍🏾When the wedding began, the Lord sat in the middle of the tabernacle, the Virgin at His right hand, Saint John at His left, and the rest of the apostles seated on either side.
As the celebration continued, the food and wine symbols of earthly joy were suddenly depleted. The hosts were distressed.
✍🏾While others panicked, the Holy Virgin ever watchful and filled with mercy perceived their need. The people, knowing her goodness, turned to her with quiet hope, saying among themselves, “intercede for us with God.”
Hearing their silent plea, the Mother of God rose and approached her Son with gentleness and reverence. She did not accuse, command; she merely presented the need of them, saying:
“They have no wine.” (John 2:3)
✍🏾These few words hold deep spiritual meaning. They reveal her compassion, her awareness of human suffering, and her role as intercessor between God and mankind. The Virgin’s heart could not bear to see others fall into shame or distress.
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