I listened to the Word of God today, by Father Dominic LeRouzès (see link at the end), and it opened up my understanding of this passage a little more, thank you! This is the Wedding at Cana. Yes, as he said, it is dense!
Knowing that the Gospel of Saint John often seeks to demonstrate the divinity of Jesus, after the expression used by Father Dominic – « une mise à distance » – I understood that Jesus wanted to highlight, didactically for all, that He is God and it is by Himself that He works miracles. Without, however, disobeying his mother.
Jesus spoke with his own God's authority. And it is with authority and didactics that he wanted to make everyone understand that his power does not come from his mother, who is not God, but a woman (as He named her at that moment) , despite the fact that He was about to grant her request. She understood perfectly, humbly, and continued to proceed, normally, with the unwavering faith that she had in Him: "Do whatever He tells you." And He goes on too, and performs the miracle.
Moreover, this passage is the proof that, although not by the power of his Mother – woman, as He says – Jesus listens to what She asks.
I also really liked Father Dominic's explanation of the passage at the foot of the Cross, when Jesus also calls her 'woman' – in allusion to humanity. "It is finished" and He left us the "woman" - the one who is full of grace - to be our Mother. Our sweet Virgin Mary, who helps us find Jesus, our Saviour.
I found the idea and his exposition of the "prefiguration" of transubstantiation magnificent, that is to say, the water transformed into wine is an announcement of the transformation of wine into his blood.
Let's watch to Dominic LeRouzès' video :
Lumière de la Parole - Père Dominic LeRouzès
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“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul.”
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Lumière de la Parole - Père Dominic LeRouzès
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