SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (C)
16th January 2022


Dear Parishioner

The Gospel reading today is very familiar to us: the wedding feast of Cana. At the wedding Jesus changed water into wine. There are many things in our spiritual lives that should be changed. Jesus' power is available to us too. Let us reflect on our need of his power in order to change the things in our lives that need to be changed.

A wedding and no wine: the image of an empty dried up life. 'In the streets they cry out for lack of wine; all joy has grown dim, cheer is exiled from the land' (Is. 24: 11), the empty wine jugs at Cana mean an end and a turning point. A divine spark glimmers in what Jesus does; whoever has eyes to see, will find a sign in the miracle: God takes action; he has visited his people and set them free.

Jesus brought the wine of God's love into the world. Everywhere he went the old was made new. For the couple at Cana he changed water into wine. For the widow of Nain he changed tears into joy. For Zacchaeus he changed selfishness into love. For the thief on Calvary he changed despair into hope. And on Easter morning he changed death into life. Lord, be present with us today and throughout our lives. And when through human weakness the wine of love is found wanting, touch our hearts and strengthen our wills, so that we may taste the wine of unselfish love.

Lord, by your cross and resurrection you have set us free and won for us the gift of eternal life, the joy of heaven and the promise of sharing in God's nature.

Fr Jijo George


Notices:

Please remember to pray for:

Daily for the sick clergy of our Diocese

The sick and housebound

Those who have recently died

Years Mind:
Sunday: Fr Gilbert Basil Pearson, Fr Neville Banks
Monday: Josephine Everett, Fr Kenneth Green
Tuesday: Canon Charles Kuypers
Wednesday: Jacqueline Post, Mgr Canon David Donnelly
Thursday: Fr John Meehan
Friday: Bp Bernard Ward, Fr Christopher Quirke
Saturday: Fiona Cowling, Pope Benedict XV
Sunday: Bp Arthur Doubleday