Two levels of Marriage: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Listen to the homily here.

Notes:

“Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday.” (The Princess Bride)

I am proud and with gratitude for each of you who have been married, especially on our first reading in Isaiah and John 2, the Wedding feast of Cana

·     Also, we have two different levels of marriage

For us as humans: a husband and a wife, or what they described as a bridegroom and bride back in the day, come together for their wedding, with vows, rings, worship, celebration and beyond

·     Jesus himself went to a wedding, the wedding in Cana

·     “There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee,
and the mother of Jesus was there.Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.”

·     And, you probably remember how the wine was gone during their celebration

·     Yes, Jesus took water, a lot of water, into delicious wine…a lot of wine

·     Continue to walk with your spouse, your kids, your family, your loved ones, your friends, your community, even to the end of your life

Then there is a deeper level: God’s “marriage” as a Bridegroom to us

·     Isaiah: “you shall be called "My Delight, "
and your land "Espoused."
For the LORD delights in you
and makes your land his spouse.
As a young man marries a virgin,
your Builder shall marry you;
and as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride
so shall your God rejoice in you.

·     And how did He do that?

o  Well his son, showing the consecration of our marriage with us as he consummated us out of sin, evil and death and into his marriage

·     And let’s think again with that water and wine at the Wedding in Cana

·     "They have no wine...Do whatever he tells you...Fill the jars with water…Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter…And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine,without knowing where it came from— although the servers who had drawn the water knew —,the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him,
"Everyone serves good wine first,and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one;but you have kept the good wine until now."

·     Was this wine for that particular wedding?  Yes.

·     Was it also for the preparation with our wedding with God for eternity? Yes.

o  Notice: Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee

o  Jesus Christ died on the cross and when he died he was pierced with the pole, in which water and blood came out of his side

o  And what do we do at every Mass?  We have water and wine that is consecrated to Jesus Blood

Praise God for the sacrament of marriage here on earth!

And praise God for the metaphor of marriage with God for all eternity!