Saturday, 7 January: 1 John 5:14-21; John 2:1-11
I scrapped the reflection I’d already typed when I reread the Gospel out loud last night: I was touched by this miracle Jesus wasn’t planning. I was touched that he didn’t hesitate to overcome his reluctance, that he caught the appropriateness of his mother’s concern—and her confidence in him—and had the wisdom so early in his adulthood to seize the moment to reveal himself with such empathetic simplicity.
May all familiar Scriptures manage to take us by surprise!