The First Miracle
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.
John 2:1-11
Wedding at Cana
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The time is always right to do what is right.
~
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Miracles are a retelling in small letters
of the very same story which is written across
the whole world
in letters too large
for some of us to see.
~
C.S. Lewis
Fishing
at the lake on a Brrrr Cold Day!
Book Club at Kelly's
Vicki
Kyle, Kelly Selva
Kelly
even bought dessert goodies from a Korean Bakery
to
complement “Pachinko,” the book we read.
Marianne
Temple spoke about our Rotary Club’s involvement with
Dolly
Parton’s Imagination Library,
Our
club now partners with four other mountain clubs
and
each month we reach around 240 children.
That
comes to 2,880 books we send each year!
Inspired
by her father’s inability to read and write Dolly started her Imagination
Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program
spans four countries and mails over 1 million free books each month to children
around the world.
https://imaginationlibrary.com
Janet
Way, Mary VanSant, Sandy Fair, Gayle MacDougall and I had
lunch
at Cedar 65 after our exercise class.
(I
use the word “exercise” very loosely!)
When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this
world.
~
Mary Oliver
from “When
Death Comes"
Mary
Oliver
September
10,1935 ~ January 17, 2019
January 20, 2019 Second Sunday after Epiphany Year C
Second Sunday in Ordinary
Time
Previous OPQs may be found at:
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm
36:5-10
1
Corinthians 12:1-11
John 2:1-11
Isaiah
62:1-5
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,
until her vindication shines out like the dawn,
and her salvation like a burning torch.
The nations shall see your vindication,
and all the kings your glory;
and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be a crown of beauty
in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem
in the hand of your God.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman,
so shall your builder marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.
Psalm
36:5-10
Your steadfast love, O God,
extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness
to the clouds.
Your righteousness is like
the mighty mountains,
your judgments are like
the great deep;
you save humans and animals alike,
O God.
How precious is your steadfast love,
O God!
All people may take refuge
in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance
of your house,
and you give them drink
from the river of your delights.
For with you is
the fountain of life;
in your light
we see light.
O continue your steadfast love
to those who know you,
and your salvation
to the upright of heart!
1
Corinthians 12:1-11
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not
want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed
and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to
understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Let Jesus
be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the
Holy Spirit.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there
are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of
activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To
each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is
given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance
of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit,
to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of
miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to
another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All
these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one
individually just as the Spirit chooses.
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.