Second Sunday after the Epiphany (C), January 16, 2022—Isaiah 62:1–5; John 2:1–11

Vie de Jesus MAFA

 

Isaiah 62:1–5

 

Proposal

 

If you were thinking you would wed,

Would you choose one who’s almost dead?

But if you were the latter, dying,

Would you, betrothed, for joy be crying?

Isaiah thus describes a God

Who, unlike others, is so odd,

The Maker of creation chooses

To love those whom the world refuses;

And if such love you can’t conceive,

Just stop. For you need just receive.

 

Scott L. Barton

 

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.

 

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John 2:1–11

 

What Makes You Think You Don't Need It?

 

This Jewish mother knew the score;

She knew her son could do much more

Than just sit back, all uninvolved;

And so, this ponderer resolved

That she'd weigh in, and speak her mind,

E'en though, this son of hers, unkindly

Snapped!

                    Sometimes you need a push

To get yourself up off your tush;

And if that's true of even God,

Perhaps for you, it's not so odd.

 

Scott L. Barton

 

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.