We got an early start, prayed Morning Prayer on the bus, and arrived in Cana when the Church opened at 8am. We visited the crypt where the miracle of the changing of the water to wine happened and were surprised to see a typical jar for purification waters made of stone rather than clay. Then the married couples renewed their wedding vows and we prayed for them, for those who are widowed, divorced and struggling in marriage. Afterwards, we tasted Cana wine and did a little shopping.
Wedding: First Sign
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." (And) Jesus said to her, "Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you." Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it. 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." Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.
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