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1. Meditations on the Marriage at Cana
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is best to read and contemplate on a few of the
slides each time.
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2. Second Luminous Mystery
The Marriage Feast at Cana.
 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana
in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there…
When the wine ran short Mary said to Him,
“They have no wine.” Jesus said to her,
“Woman, how does your concern affect me?
My hour has not yet come.” His mother told the
servers, “Do whatever He tells you.”
 Spiritual fruit: Fidelity
Devotion to Mary

3. 1. Wedding Feast at Cana.
Paolo Veronese, The Marriage at Cana, 1562. Museum of Louvre. Paris

4. 2. Here the supply of wine failed.
Gerard David, Marriage at Cana. Early 16th century.

5. 3.** The Mother of Jesus said to Him:
They have no wine left.
This scene is an
example of
“Mary’s
solicitude for
human beings,
her coming to
them in the wide
variety of their
wants and
needs”, and her
role in “bringing
those needs to
Christ.”
(Pope John Paul II)

6. 3A. The Mother of Jesus said to Him:
They have no wine left. “I want my children
to live always in the
greatest trust in me.
They must expect
everything from me.
As little children,
they should leave it
up to their Mother to
provide!
I will do great and
extraordinary
things, even
miracles, when it is
necessary.” (Gobbi)

7. 3B. The Mother of Jesus said to Him:
They have no wine left.
“It is a quality of
mercy to regard
another’s distress
as one’s own,
because to be
merciful is to have
a heart distressed
at the distress of
another.”
(St. Thomas Aquinas)

8. 4. Mary said to the waiters:
“Do whatever He tells you.”
“It is an exhortation to
trust without hesitation,
especially when one does
not understand the
meaning or benefit of
what Christ asks.”
(Pope John Paul II.)
Marten de Vos 1603, Vrouwe-kathedraal.
Antwerp.

9. 4. Mary said to the waiters:
“Do whatever He tells you.”
“If you remain with me, I myself
will tell you at every moment what
I would like you to do. I will take
you by the hand and together we
shall do everything. I am like a
mother who is teaching its child to
take its first steps.”
“My joy is that of leading them, as
a mother, to the great goal of
sanctity. Through them I will save
an immense number of souls.”
(Gobbi)
Marten de Vos 1603, Vrouwe-kathedraal.
Antwerp.

10. “Rely only on me and not
human means. There is
one thing that you can
always do, which is the
only thing that I want you
to do at each moment:
your prayer, your suffering
your trust in me.
Let yourself instead be
divested of all other
preoccupations. This is my
Movement, my son. So then
let me act! Accustom to
see me as the light of your
every action.”
(Gobbi)

11. 5. There were six stone
water jars, each holding
fifteen to twenty gallons

12. 6. Jesus bids the waiters
to fill the jars with water,
and then draw some out
and take it to the master.
Pure water was changed
into excellent wine, to
demonstrate that
lukewarmness and
negligence should give
place to love and zeal.
Am I aware that my life
should be completely
changed by the
presence of Christ from
water into wine?
Byzantine icon. Fresco in St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral. Dallas. Texas

13. 7. Only the servants who had drawn the water
knew where the wine came from.
Mattia Preti, The Marriage at Cana. 1613. National Gallery. London

14. 8. The master said to the
groom: “Everyone serves
the good wine first…but
you have saved the good
wine until now.”
At the last supper, He
would change bread and
wine into His Flesh and
Blood, and thus He
would remain with them
until the end, to
strengthen and console
them.
Paolo Veronese, The Marriage at Cana, 1562. Louvre Museum. Paris.

15. 9. A wonderful mother "In dangers, in doubts,
in difficulties, think of
Mary, call upon Mary.
Let not her name leave
thy lips, never suffer it
to leave your heart."
This mystery shows us
that Mary, our Mother is
concerned with our daily
needs, even material ones:
“They have no wine left.”
Her intercession is
powerful. Jesus will never
refuse her requests.
The Children’s illustrated bible.
Hermes House.

16. 10. Marriage Sacrament By His presence,
Christian marriage was raised to the dignity of a sacrament.
Help us to do whatever
you tell us, through
Mary’s intercession.
May the grace of
obedience to the
teachings of the
Church come down
into our souls.
Paolo Veronese, The Marriage at Cana, 1562. Louvre Museum. Paris.

17. The ( National ) Rosary For the Evangelization of
(Nations)
1. Fatima Prayer: To Eucharistic Jesus, source of all
evangelization.
“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of
hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in
most need of thy mercy.”
2. Invocation of the Holy Spirit: Principal agent of
evangelization.
“Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of the (National) people
and enkindle in them the fire of your love! Come by means
of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, your well-beloved Spouse.”
3. Prayer to Our Lady of ( Nation ): Star of the new
evangelization.
“Hail Holy Queen, Mother of (Nation), come and present the
(National) people to Jesus, the fruit of thy womb.
Look upon them continually with mercy and through your