{"id":2782,"date":"2019-01-20T11:53:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T16:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2019-01-20T11:53:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T16:53:12","slug":"2nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-c-homily-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/2nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-c-homily-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C – Homily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2<\/a>nd<\/a><\/sup> Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C<\/a>
Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
John 2:1-11
January 20, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having brought our Christmas season to a\nclose last weekend with our celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, we are now\nin Ordinary Time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the word \u201cordinary\u201d in the name for\nthis season, it might make it sound like nothing special or plain.  Throughout Ordinary Time, we hear from the\ngospel stories of Jesus\u2019 public ministry including his preaching, miracle work,\nand calling disciples.  We should not see\nthese as \u201cordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides Ordinary Time, there are four\nseasons in our liturgical year, Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter.  These are the most important times of the\nyear for us.  Calling the rest of the\nyear \u201cordinary\u201d merely signifies that it is not one of those seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the sense of Ordinary Time not <\/em><\/strong>being\n\u201cnothing special,\u201d we start this season with one of seven great signs written\nabout in John\u2019s gospel.  Jesus changes\nwater into wine and that is certainly something special!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These short eleven verses refer to\nimportant parts of our faith.  It reveals\nJesus\u2019 mother, Mary, as an intercessor. \nThey ran out of wine.  As soon as\nMary learns of the problem, she takes it to Jesus.  She does the same for us when we seek her\nintercession, taking our prayers to Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also shows Mary as model disciple for\nus.  She shows complete trust in Jesus\nwhen she tells the servers, \u201cDo whatever\nhe tells you<\/em>.\u201d  She does not know\nwhat He will do but she knows it will be good. \nShe is an example to us of trusting Jesus to do what is best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus changing the water into wine is\nvital as a sign to us of who He is and of God\u2019s power at work in him.  The changing of the water into wine is a\nmarvelous deed of the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must also consider the occasion of the\nevent at which He does this miracle.  He\nis at a wedding.  This shows weddings to\nbe important events, events as which God is present.  This is foundational to our understanding of\nmarriage as a sacrament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus\u2019 presence at the wedding in Cana\nalong with the first reading imagery of marriage leads us to the Church\u2019s\nunderstanding of Jesus as the bridegroom and the Church as his bride.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah wrote this at the end of the\nBabylonian Exile.  In Exile, many saw the\nIsraelites as \u201cforsaken<\/em>\u201d by God.  They were left \u201cdesolate<\/em>.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free from exile and returning to their\nhomeland, Isaiah tells them, \u201cAs a young\nman marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; and as a bridegroom\nrejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus comes to give his life for the\nforgiveness of our sins and to reunite us in our relationship with him.  There is nothing Jesus won\u2019t do for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we recognize wedding anniversaries, I\nrefer to marriage as a sign of God\u2019s love for us.  In a world where there is more divorce than\nin the past, we might not make the connection. \nUnfortunately, there are faulty marriages today. I\u2019ve seen it in my own\nfamily with my parents among those divorcing. \nSometimes it is simply because of a lack of commitment by one or both\nspouses.  God\u2019s commitment is\nperfect.  God is always committed to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I refer to marriage as a sign of\nGod\u2019s love for us, I am referring to marriage as God intends, not the marriages\nthat end in divorce.  God knows we are\nnot perfect but He remains committed to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fear that when marriage ends in divorce,\npeople can lose faith.  When our\nrelationships don\u2019t work out, we might falter in our understanding of\nlove.  Instead of looking to God\u2019s\nperfect love for us as an example, we might make God out to be like us.  This could result in seeing his love as like\nour, imperfect.  Thus, one might lose\nfaith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to know what God\u2019s love is\nlike, if you want to know what our love for God and others is supposed to be\nlike, look at the Cross.  If Jesus\u2019 love\nfor us was not perfect, He would not have been willing to give his life for\nus.  The only reason Jesus became human\nis because He Loves us.  He gives his\nlife because He loves us.  Jesus shows us\nwhat it means to love.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marriage requires sacrifice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year CIsaiah 62:1-5Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-101 Corinthians 12:4-11John 2:1-11January 20, 2019 Having brought our Christmas season to a close last weekend with our celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, we are now in Ordinary Time. With the word \u201cordinary\u201d in the name for this season, it might make …<\/p>\n

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