Sermon for the Second Sunday after The Epiphany, 2025

Seemingly rebuked, she does not let that deter her. She doesn’t debate the issue, and she doesn’t waver. She remains firm in her conviction that He will take care of it. So, she turns to the servants—isn’t this wonderful?—and says to them, “Whatever He tells you, do it.” She doesn’t go to the servants and say, “He’s not listening to me. So, here’s what we’re going to do; do what I tell you.” No, she knows her Son. And we, Beloved, must likewise know Him and say, with her, “Thy will be done.” That’s what she’s saying here: in telling the servants to be ready to do whatever He tells them to do. And so, despite the fact that His hour has not yet come, still, He cares. Moved with pity and compassion, Jesus turns that which—once—was water, now into wine: good wine, fine wine.

Beloved, in this life, although things are not as we would have them to be,  and even though we shouldn’t fret or agonize over the troubles that come our way, even so, Jesus has compassion on us, for He knows our needs. More than that, He helps us. Sometimes, He gives us tokens of His help in this life. Yet, most especially, does He do so here, on Sunday mornings, when He gives us, ahead of time, the best of all wines, which is the Sacrament, His holy Blood. Here, He gives us abundantly, richly, the forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation: far and away beyond what we could ever think or imagine, and the very opposite and more of what we deserve. 

Readings:

• Old Testament: Amos 9:11-15

• Epistle: Romans 12:6-16

• Holy Gospel: John 2:1-11

  
  

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