March 25, 2012 – John 1:35 – 2:12
Isn’t it interesting that the first words we hear Jesus utter in the Gospel are “What are you looking for?” This cannot be an accident. John wants us to reflect on this. Think about the question. Are you actually looking for God. Are you looking for an easier way, less pain, a happy ending. Are you looking for the Truth or evidence to fortify your beliefs already. The first time Jesus opens His mouth it is with a challenging question that does not lose its power after 2,000 years. What are you looking for?
If you have the time, this video spends almost an hour on the Wedding Feast at Cana.
There are a lot of connections to the Old Testament, especially God being revealed to Israel through Moses for the first time, that is reflected here. Can you ever hear the reading of the Wedding at Cana without thinking of God being revealed to Egypt.
On the third day would tell Jews that there is something that is going to be revealed. This was an allusion to Pentecost of Israel that celebrated God revealing Himself to Israel in the desert.
So many one liners to reflect on. What are you looking for is followed by, “Do whatever He tells you.”Mary, as is developed in Catholic teaching, is always pointing towards Jesus. This is a fundamental Scripture passage that shows this. There is nothing she does to set herself out as anything. She takes any focus and points it directly at Christ. Do whatever He tells you. And this also goes back to the Jews saying to God, we will do whatever You tell us that occurred when He revealed Himself.
Old wine and the new wine and keeping the better stuff until last is an allusion to Christ coming now and bringing about something better for the Jewish people (and all the world) something better and what they had had before. Jesus takes the water of the Old Testament and turns it into the wine of the New by His teachings and His words.
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