🎼Introit (Ps 65:4 | Ps 65:1-2)
Omnis terra adóret te, Deus, et psallat tibi: psalmum dicat nómini tuo, Altíssime. Ps. Jubiláte Deo, omnis terra, psalmum dícite nómini ejus: date glóriam laudi ejus.
Let all the earth adore Thee, O God, and sing to Thee: let it sing a psalm to Thy Name, O Most High. Ps. Shout with joy to God, all the earth, sing ye a psalm to His Name; give glory to His praise.
📜Epistle (Rom 12:6-16)
Brethren: Having different gifts, according to the grace that is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to the rule of faith; or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in doctrine; he that exhorteth, in exhorting; he that giveth, with simplicity; he that ruleth, with carefulness; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good. Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood, with honor preventing one another. In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord. Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer. Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality. Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that rejoice; and weep with them that weep. Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble.
✠Gospel (Jn 2:1-11)
At that time, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come. His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. Jesus saith to them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now, and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; the chief steward calleth the bridegroom, and saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee; and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
🍷The Transformation of Grace and the Mediation of Mary
💒The Gospel of the Wedding at Cana does not merely narrate a historical event but reveals the profound mystery of God's union with the human soul. As Saint Augustine teaches, "the Lord came to the marriage... because He came into this world for a marriage; indeed, His divinity was united to humanity in the womb of the Virgin as in a bridal chamber" (In Ioannis Evangelium, Tract. 8). The lack of wine symbolizes the insufficiency of the Old Law and of human works devoid of grace; the water in the stone jars represents the letter of the law that cleanses externally but does not vivify. Christ, by transforming water into wine, demonstrates that the Grace of the Gospel (the good wine kept for last) has the power to transubstantiate our nature, elevating it from the condition of servants to that of friends and children. Note the central importance of the Virgin Mary: she is the attentive mediatrix who perceives human need even before we ask ("They have no wine") and gives us the golden rule of Christian life: "Do whatever He tells you." Saint Paul's Epistle complements this doctrine by listing the various spiritual gifts; these gifts are like the water we must present in our jars (our lives), waiting for the Lord to transform them, by the fire of charity, into the wine of fraternal love and perfect service. May our hope not be in vain, but based on the certainty that God has kept for us, in the Eucharist and in Glory, the best wine.
👉See English version of the critical articles here.
📜Epistle (Rom 12:6-16)
Brethren: Having different gifts, according to the grace that is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to the rule of faith; or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in doctrine; he that exhorteth, in exhorting; he that giveth, with simplicity; he that ruleth, with carefulness; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good. Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood, with honor preventing one another. In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord. Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer. Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality. Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that rejoice; and weep with them that weep. Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble.
✠Gospel (Jn 2:1-11)
At that time, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come. His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. Jesus saith to them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now, and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; the chief steward calleth the bridegroom, and saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee; and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
🍷The Transformation of Grace and the Mediation of Mary
💒The Gospel of the Wedding at Cana does not merely narrate a historical event but reveals the profound mystery of God's union with the human soul. As Saint Augustine teaches, "the Lord came to the marriage... because He came into this world for a marriage; indeed, His divinity was united to humanity in the womb of the Virgin as in a bridal chamber" (In Ioannis Evangelium, Tract. 8). The lack of wine symbolizes the insufficiency of the Old Law and of human works devoid of grace; the water in the stone jars represents the letter of the law that cleanses externally but does not vivify. Christ, by transforming water into wine, demonstrates that the Grace of the Gospel (the good wine kept for last) has the power to transubstantiate our nature, elevating it from the condition of servants to that of friends and children. Note the central importance of the Virgin Mary: she is the attentive mediatrix who perceives human need even before we ask ("They have no wine") and gives us the golden rule of Christian life: "Do whatever He tells you." Saint Paul's Epistle complements this doctrine by listing the various spiritual gifts; these gifts are like the water we must present in our jars (our lives), waiting for the Lord to transform them, by the fire of charity, into the wine of fraternal love and perfect service. May our hope not be in vain, but based on the certainty that God has kept for us, in the Eucharist and in Glory, the best wine.
👉See English version of the critical articles here.