Advent Parish Retreat
Scripture Reading for Wednesday December 8th 2004
Symbol = Water
John 2:1 - 12
Three days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of
Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited. When they
ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the wedding was all finished,
the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” Jesus said, “Woman,
why turn to me? My hour has not come yet.” His mother said to the servants,
“Do whatever he tells you.” There were six water jars standing there,
meant for the ablutions that were customary among the Jews: each could
hold twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars
with water,” and they filled them to the brim. “Draw some out now,” he
told them, “and take it to the steward.” They did this; the steward tasted
the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from –
only the servants who had drawn the water knew – the steward called the
bridegroom and said, “People generally serve the best wine first, and keep
the cheaper sort till the guests have had plenty to drink; but you have kept
the best wine to now.”