Tuesday 17th
March
A Hymn:
Christ is
our light! The bright and morning star
(Highlands
Cathedral) CH4 336 © Leith Fisher
Christ is our light! The bright and morning star
covering with radiance all from near and far.
Christ be our light, shine on, shine on we pray
into our hearts, into our world today.
2. Christ is our love! Baptised that we may know
the love of God among us, swooping low.
Christ be our love, bring us to turn our face
and see in you the light of heaven’s embrace.
3. Christ is our joy! Transforming wedding guest!
Through water turned to wine the feast was blessed.
Christ be our joy; your glory let us see,
as your disciples did in Galilee.
St John 2:
1 - 11
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother
of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited
to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him,
‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that
to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the
servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone
water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or
thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they
filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out,
and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward
tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came
from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward
called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine
first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But
you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first
of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his
disciples believed in him.
Reflection
How often in life do we settle for second best or are we asked to accept
something offered as a solution more in hope than expectation?
Maybe we’re happy with things that way as we’re able to appreciate the
eventual solution all the more when it comes. Maybe, on the other hand,
if you’re like me, you’d prefer an effective solution in the first place,
one that is expected to work without the wasted resources and
opportunities, not to mention the possible unnecessary suffering along
the way.
Jesus was aware there was a problem to solve. People at a joyous
occasion of a wedding were thirsty and the hosts will have been feeling
embarrassed. The previous wine offering had been perfectly
acceptable as far as it went but what Jesus ‘brought to the party’ was in
a different league.
As Christians, why do we let those around us go about their lives in
their own way in the hope that they’ll be OK, whilst keeping to ourselves
the real light, love and joy that relationship with Jesus brings?
Prayer
Gracious God,
help us to appreciate everything You have done for us,
particularly Your gift of Light, Love and Joy that is Jesus
Christ.
Help us to share the Good News of Jesus at the earliest opportunity,
rather than as a last resort.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen!
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