God Is
There
“There was a wedding at Cana, and the mother of Jesus was
there. Jesus and his disciples were also
invited to the wedding.”
We all know how the party went.
Besides, in Scripture, marriage and wedding banquets are
commonly used as a symbol of the relationship between God and God’s people (as
in this week’s First Reading, Isaiah 62: 1-5).
Jesus also used the wedding banquet to preach about heaven. (For example, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who
gave a wedding feast for his son” Matthew 22:2).
Looking at marriage in this way, we can even connect the
two Sacraments of Marriage and Eucharist.
God intends for family to be a place of love. And “God is love” (1 John 4:16). Therefore, where there is love, there is God.
The Eucharist is Jesus’ gift of love to us. It is his loving presence with us.
Consequently, when a family is conscious of the presence
of Jesus and the Church in the family, as Jesus, Mary and the disciples were at
Cana, when the members of the family strive to love, the family lives the
mystery of the Eucharist. The family
becomes the reality of God’s love.
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