St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

Icon by Ivanka Demchuk The Wedding at Cana of Galilee, John 2:1-11, is a picture of humanity, empty and without the wine of divine life. Israel had run out of wine, and it would require the Paschal Mystery to restore the divine life. The wedding at Cana is a picture of how our transformation occurs. Jesus brings the wine, restored communion, to our lives. He fills our empty vessels with the abundance of his Kingdom - righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. He’s saying if our relationship with God has run out of wine, do what he tells you, and out of your innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. If our marriages are running low on this joyous wine, do whatever he tells you, and out of our innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. The presence of Jesus in our households brings transformation. “I will restore the years that the locust have eaten.” Joel 2:25 We see how Jesus transformed water into wine. Today we believe he will transform wine into his blood. Likewise, he can