Dear Parish Family,

Today’s Gospel gives us an account of Jesus’s first miracle turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana.

This miracle is important because it teaches us that with God there always is an appointed time for all things. How many of us realize this with the inner workings of our own lives?

We may think of the passage from Ecclesiastes for everything there is a season and purpose under heaven. It is true because that is how God works, it’s the natural law of the universe that change is inevitable in life, and that we are called to embrace it not run from it or complain about it.

What is it about Christians being some of the worst complainers and critics on the planet, but honestly do not look in the mirror or go to confession regularly because it makes us grow by and more faithful. Our faith and trust in God is what makes up our relationship with Him, and the miracles of Jesus show us something about His abundant grace, that the most simplest things like water and wine can be used to show just how much abundant grace really is, and that God is not stingy, but wants us to benefit from His generosity.

Every miracle of Jesus is meant to cause us to reflect about the magnification of the power of God for those who believe, and those who wait upon the appointed time, there is a time to laugh, a time to weep, time to dance, a time to mourn, a purpose fit everything under heaven. That is comforting because it affirms that we are not some random after thought of God, but are His intention.

Mary is significant because she initiates the appointed time for Jesus to perform this miracle, it demonstrates well her purpose as catalyst and intercessor as she inherited such purpose from God. The beauty of the miracles of Jesus is that we witness transformation and are blessed by the magnitude of God’s generosity, forgiveness, and peace. Miracles show us that with God all things are possible, and to never lose hope, because our blessed life could be just around the corner.

Let us not be dismayed, but be committed to prayer, let us remain hopeful as vessels of joy in the world.

Blessings,

Fr. Michael D. Accinni Reinhardt

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