Our readings for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time provide a window into the love of God for His people. This week, the Lord presents to us the image of marriage.

The importance of marriage in God’s plan runs through Scripture, from beginning to end — from the Genesis account of Adam and Eve becoming one flesh to the Book of Revelation, where Heaven is described as the wedding feast of the Lamb: the union of Jesus and His Church, the Bride of Christ.

Our first reading from Isaiah describes the love of God for His people as that of a bridegroom rejoicing in his bride. This image is unlike any other religious notion of God! In our Gospel, we read of the miracle at wedding feast of Cana. It is no accident that the first miracle of the Lord’s public ministry takes place at a wedding, at the intercession of His Mother Mary.

Let us pray for the renewal of the sanctity of marriage between husbands and wives. And let us pray that each of us, whether married or unmarried, may know the intimate love that God has for us! Mother Mary, pray for us!