The Wedding at Cana

 Many things about this Gospel seem unnecessary, impractical, and useless. Marriage itself has been so criticized in our day. Why waste the effort? It harms, does not help, so they say. But marriage is God's institution, and so we must remain faithful to it. So also, why fill the stone water pots here with water? It is wine that is needed, not water. Yet the servants did as instructed: do whatever he tells you. And so they did, and so was Jesus' first miracle performed. We must also do as Jesus tells us, against the foolish counsel of the world. They tell us not to gather, but he tells us not to neglect this. They tell us we needn't bother, but he says, Take eat, drink. And so also for us a great, though hidden, miracle is performed. Wine is not made from water, but the Blood of Christ is made from wine, by the word of Christ. And this Sacrament brings us eternal life and salvation. Sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany, and the video of the service is here.