Jesus loved to have a good time

What can be learnt from last Sunday’s Gospel of the Marriage at Cana in Galilee where Jesus changed water into wine after it had run out?

It was Mary mother of Jesus who first noticed.
This was the first miracle of Jesus. Mary requested Jesus do something to help and Jesus replied, “My hour has not come yet.” Mary takes no notice and says to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:5)

Jesus was part of the community or he would not have been present and was enjoying himself along with the other guests.

Jesus tells the servants to fill six water jars, draw some out and take it to the steward. The bridegroom is then complimented for saving the best wine until last – all 880 litres!

We might think Jesus was always serious but here he is at a party, smiling, chatting and having a good time. But this is not any party – it is a wedding. Later in his teaching Jesus talks about the importance of marriage.  

When asked by the Pharisees whether divorce is permissible Jesus relied quoting Genesis 1:27; 2:24

“But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. This is why a man must leave his father and mother, and the two become one body. They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide. (Mark 10. 6 – 10).

What does this story mean for us? Yes the sacredness of marriage and family life. But also Jesus liked to have a good time and Mary his mother is always ready to go to Jesus on our behalf as our mother too. Sometimes it feels easier to go to mother.

The rosary is an ideal prayer for this.

This Sunday was Peace Sunday when the Church worldwide prays for peace.

Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be children of God. (Matthew 5:9)