Quote for Reflection (Sunday, January 16, 2022)

“Jesus was not, of course, the bridegroom at the Cana wedding, yet in the imaginative world of his parables, he saw himself as a bridegroom and his time on earth as a joyful wedding celebration…It was probably imagery of this kind, traceable to Jesus himself, that led the writer of John’s Gospel to use a wine miracle at a wedding feast as an appropriate symbol for all that preceded the Passion.”

J. Ramsey Michaels in New International Biblical Commentary – John