The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year C

The Second Sunday of Epiphany

John 2.1-11

Gaze on all the colours of this occasion . . . See the vibrant wedding robes; the table piled high with rich food, the pink of pomegranates, the shock of oranges, the purples of the grapes, the sheen of the olives. The excitement mounts. Hear the pipes and horns and drums of the band as the bride is ushered in. Are you one of the guests, who have just heard a whispered rumour that the wine’s run out? What an insult! Are you the bridegroom who can’t bear the disgrace? Are you the steward who fears for his job when it’s found out how he miscalculated? Are you Mary, concerned for her friends, but sure that her extraordinary son can avert disaster?...