tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post5353657556803929471..comments2023-08-09T07:48:53.962-04:00Comments on Bear Witness to the Light: He Went With Them To Nazareth, And Was Obedient To Them.Fr. John L. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167510362871783781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post-70713842894005498732010-01-05T08:47:41.734-05:002010-01-05T08:47:41.734-05:00Sarah, the story of the wedding feast at Cana is t...Sarah, the story of the wedding feast at Cana is told only in the Gospel of John, whose gospel was composed several decades after the other three. Their perspective was to give an account of events as they occurred. His was to present a theological reflection on the Word of God made Flesh, who dwelt among us, sacrificed his life to ransom us from our sinfulness, and open for us the way to eternal life. <br /><br />The wedding feast at Cana presents another aspect of John's perspective: the role of the Blessed Mother as an intercessor on behalf of her Son's human brothers and sisters. <br /><br />Since Jesus was fully human as well as fully divine we might say (speculatively) that what his mother asked him to do was not a part of the plan in his mind on that day. On the other hand, since Jesus is the Second Person of the Trinity, it was most certainly in the divine plan that he would change water into wine at Cana at his mother's request. <br /><br />I don't believe that Joseph was offended or humiliated by Jesus' response to his mother in the Temple. He was very well aware of who the Father of Jesus was, after all. He had been told by Gabriel in a dream not long after he found out that Mary was with child. His attitude was humble, but he was not humiliated. And Jesus was resolved from all eternity to be a son to him, as long as he was in his care.Fr. John L. Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167510362871783781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post-56512940328767654792010-01-05T04:48:39.047-05:002010-01-05T04:48:39.047-05:00At Cana, Our Lord revealed His glory out of respec...At Cana, Our Lord revealed His glory out of respect for His mother, despite the fact that His time had not yet come. Maybe the decision to return from the Temple was a similar revision of the plan. In particular, I think Joseph must have been hurt by the words: in my Father's house. Maybe Jesus' felt his stepfather's humiliation and resolved to be a son to him too.Sarah in the tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680566205364331756noreply@blogger.com