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"Mary shows us her Divine Son and
addresses to us the same invitation that she did of old to the serving men
at Cana: 'Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.' (Jn 2:5) If at her command
we pour into the vessels of Charity and Sacrifice the tasteless water of the
thousand details of our everyday actions the miracle of Cana is renewed. The
water is changed into a delicious wine, that is to say, into choicest graces
for ourselves and for others." (Cousin)
The Son is always found with his Mother. - It was God's will that the
reign of grace should not be inaugurated without Mary. It was his pleasure
that things should continue in the self-same way. When he desired to prepare
St. John the Baptist for his mission of going before himself, he sanctified
him by the charitable visit of his Blessed Mother in the Visitation. On the
first Christmas night those who turned her from their doors turned him away.
They did not realize that with her they refused him whom they awaited. When
the shepherd-representatives of the chosen people found the Promised of all
Nations, they found him with her. If they had turned away from her, they
would not have found him. At the Epiphany, the Gentile races of the world
were received by our Lord in the persons of the three Kings, but they only
found him because they found her. If they had refused to approach her, they
would not have reached him.
What had been done in secret at Nazareth had to be confirmed openly in the
Temple. Jesus made offering of himself to the Father but it was between the
arms and by the hands of his Mother. For that babe belonged to its Mother;
without her the Presentation could not be made.
Proceed, and it is learned from the Fathers that our Lord did not enter upon
his public life without her consent. Likewise her request at Cana of Galilee
was the beginning of the signs and wonders and mighty deeds by which he
proved his mission.
Handbook of the Legion of Mary
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Our Lady at Cana
By Frank Duff
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