Scripture Reflections for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

"As we enter into ordinary time, we reflect with St. Paul on the ordinary task of the church: the discernment and exercise of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. How..."

“God wants us to have a good, fulfilled life rather than an ordinary life. God wants us to have good wine rather than ordinary wine. That good life is found in Jesus. Jesus is the good wine.”

“Jesus revealed His love for us. We are His radiant bride who He loves ever so much. We in turn just need to be – be who we are in the eyes of Jesus.”

“What Christ does won’t always be obvious to us but nevertheless he’s there at work in our lives and in our world. And we have to make an effort to involve ourselves with Christ so that we too can see what he’s doing.”

“This miracle was the first sign because it teaches us the first lesson. If you want to see miracles, you must serve.”

“The marriage of God and man in Christ is an epiphany of our salvation, but it is shown forth most clearly in the cross”

“John’s Jesus is the great ‘I am’ who can respond to our various needs. Nevertheless, just like the ‘I am’ in Exodus, this cannot be on our terms, but it must be on his terms, and one must learn to adjust to that. That is the essence of docility: learning to adjust.”

"When Jesus appears at the Wedding Feast of Cana, he signals the marriage of heaven and earth. When God moves into our experience, he transfigures humanity, elevating art, philosophy, science..."

“What do you do as a missioner? There are some specific things we do, but more than anything, we accompany the people – recognize them for who they are, that wherever they are from or what they do; we listen and learn from them.”

“Meditating on Scripture and mental prayer make up the daily conversation of the believer with his or her Spouse, the Bridegroom Jesus”

“Everyone can learn to love, because we are wired to do it by God Himself, no matter what our history has been”

"Friends, this week we resume Ordinary Time, and the Church gives us this extraordinary story of the first sign of Christ’s divinity—the miracle at Cana. Why is the first of..."

"The communion of humanity and divinity in Christ’s divine person can be likened to a marriage. Sin effects a kind of divorce between God and humanity, a break up of..."

"We begin Ordinary Time with the wedding at Cana, a rich, spiritual story with great implications for the Church. Both weddings and wine are consistently used symbols in scripture, and..."

"The prophet Isaiah expresses the conviction of ancient Israel that God wants to marry his people, which is to say, to share his life fully with them. This espousing God..."