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| "The Marriage at Cana" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Isaiah
62: 1 - 5
1
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I
will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and
her salvation as a burning torch.
2
The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory;
and you shall be called by a new name which the mouth of the LORD
will give.
3
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal
diadem in the hand of your God.
4
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.
5
For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God
rejoice over you.
PSALM:
Psalms 96:
1 - 3, 7 - 10
1
O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!
2
Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to
day.
3
Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all
the peoples!
7
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD
glory and strength!
8
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and
come into his courts!
9
Worship the LORD in holy array; tremble before him, all the earth!
10
Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yea, the world is
established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with
equity."
SECOND
READING: 1
Corinthians 12: 4 - 11
4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
5
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
6
and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who
inspires them all in every one.
7
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
8
To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to
another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by
the one Spirit,
10
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another
the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds
of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11
All these are inspired by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to
each one individually as he wills.
GOSPEL:
John 2:
1 - 11
1
On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the
mother of Jesus was there;
2
Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples.
3
When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They
have no wine."
4
And Jesus said to her, "O woman, what have you to do with me? My
hour has not yet come."
5
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
6
Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of
purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
7
Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they
filled them up to the brim.
8
He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the steward
of the feast." So they took it.
9
When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and
did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn
the water knew), the steward of the feast called the bridegroom
10
and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first; and when
men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good
wine until now."
11
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and
manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
