A Wedding at Cana. Homily for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C.

Today’s gospel story of the wedding feast of Cana begins the public ministry of Jesus in John’s gospel. John tells us that this was the first of the signs given by Jesus, and it was given at Cana in Galilee. John uses the term “sign” to refer to Jesus’ miracles, because for John the significance of the miracle does not rest solely in the act of the miracle itself, but in that to which the miracle points. That is, the deed reveals the doer and points to the significance of the deed.