Paolo Veronese The Wedding at Cana That's a crowd!
Our Gospel this week is about the wedding in Cana that Jesus and his friends attended.
We were blessed last year at All Saints by having the
opportunity in December, just between the two lockdowns, to celebrate with Shurti
and Shope their wedding. Although there were all the restrictions on numbers
attending, wearing masks and a lot of hand sanitising and virtually no hugging,
the wedding was amazing, joyous, colourful and very celebratory. Their wedding
really showed us all how much joy there can be even in these very challenging
times.
Jesus’ friends celebrating in Cana were not
so fortunate. The wine runs out. This story can speak to our lives at this time
of lockdown as we may feel that in many ways our spiritual ‘wine’ has run out. The
sense of the celebration and enjoyment of life has evaporated. Perhaps each of
us could tell a story about that.
When the wine runs out, we may be tempted to
look for a substitute by working harder, doing more, or – worse – giving in to
wallowing in a loss of hope. Don’t reach for the bottle, for “running out of
wine” can be a new beginning and makes straight the way for miracles to happen.
In our emptiness we can ask God to fill us with newness. As at Cana, Jesus steps
into our lives bringing hope and filling us with love, that spills over so that
we can share this love with others.
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