Jesus Changes Water Into Wine

     Two days later there was a wedding in the town of Cana in Galilee Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine had given out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They are out of wine."

"You must not tell me what to do," Jesus replied."My time has not yet come."

Jesus' mother then told the servants, "Do whateve, he tells you."

The Jews have rules about ritual washing, and for this purpose six stone water jars were there, each one large enough to hold between twenty and thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill these ars with water."They filled them to the brim, and then he told them, "Now draw some water out and take it to the man in charge of the feast."They took him the water, which now had turned into wine, and he tasted it. He did not know where this wine had come from (but, of course, the servants who had drawn out the water knew); so he called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone else serves the best wine first, and after the guests have drunk a lot, he serves the ordinary wine. But you have kept the best wine until now!"

Jesus performed this first miracle in Cana in Galilee; there he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

This is Jesus' first miracle in the gospels And one of the few, only seven, we can find in John's gospel. Jesus had just met his first disciples and John was one of them. That's why he knew well what he was writing about.

Sometimes, the ones who find it hard to believe in miracles say that the gospels are written in a symbolic language. They say the gospels mean something different from what we read. The language of this miracle could not be more simple "They have no wine." Mary said and, after obeying Jesus' orders, "the man in charge of the feast tasted the water, which now had turned into wine."

Weddings, back then, used to last from four days to a week. That's why running out of wine would have ruined the celebration. Mary, attentive to the just married's needs, realized the wine was almost gone and asked her son to help. Jesus answer is enigmatic: "You must not tell me what to do. My time has not yet come."
Maybe Mary thought her son's time had arrived to show his power by helping others like a noble and generous king. Maybe Jesus wanted her to understand his greatness had nothing to do with the greatness of the worldly kings. I am sorry: the time of glory you are waiting for from me is still some years ahead and will be very different from what you imagine!

But the time of the miracle had already arrived Otherwise, Jesus would not have done it, no matter how much his mother asked for it. That's why Mary knew, from her son's tone of voice and expression, that Jesus would help his friends. Which mother cannot read her son's thoughts just by looking at his face?

And Mary said: "Do whatever he tells you." The servants obeyed Jesus in spite of the fact that they didn't understand what he was asking them to do. What use would filling the jars with water be if it was the wine that was gone? But they did what they were told, as often we obey too, reluctantly and trusting Jesus completely.
The man in charge of the feast drank that water changed into wine, and he found it very good. And the miracle, that maybe Mary expected to be admired by the guests. was only noticed by the servants, the disciples and Jesus' mother, because Jesus time had not yet come.

With that miracle, Jesus acted as God our Father, who every year makes nature. through the vineyards and the maturing of sun, change water into wine. Jesus, on a small scale and for a short time, did what his Father does every year for us, with love and almost secretly.