Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're
taking this journey together to read the Bible
in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel
of John, Chapter 2. On the third day there was
a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother
of Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and his disciples
were invited to the wedding, and when they ran
out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to him,
They have no wine. Jesus said to her, Woman,
what does your concern have to do with me? My
hour has not yet come. His mother said to the
servants, Whatever he says to you, do it. Now
there were set there six water pots of stone,
according to the manner of purification of the
Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece.
Jesus said to them, Fill the water pots with
water. And they filled them up to the brim. And
he said to them, Draw some out now, and take
it to the master of the feast. And they took
it. When the master of the feast had tasted the
water, that was made wine, and did not know where
it came from. But the servants who had drawn
the water knew. The master of the feast called
the bridegroom, and he said to him, Every man
at the beginning sets out the good wine, and
when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior.
You have kept the good wine until now. This beginning
of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested
his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
After this he went down to Capernaum, he, his
mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and
they did not stay there many days. Now the Passover
of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem, and he found in the temple those who
sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money
changers doing business. When he had made a whip
of cords, he drove them all out of the temple
with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the
changers' money and overturned the tables. And
he said to those who sold doves, Take these things
away. Do not make my father's house a house of
merchandise. Then his disciples remembered that
it was written, Zeal for your house has eaten
me up. So the Jews answered and said to him,
What sign do you show to us since you do these
things? Jesus answered and said to them, destroy
this temple and in three days i will raise it
up then the jews said it has taken 46 years to
build this temple and will you raise it up in
three days but he was speaking of the temple
of his body Therefore, when he had risen from
the dead, his disciples remembered that he had
said this to them, and they believed the scripture
and the word which Jesus had said. Now when he
was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the
feast, many believed in his name when they saw
the signs which he did. But Jesus did not commit
himself to them, because he knew all men, and
had no need that anyone should testify of man,
for he knew what was in man. I hope you enjoyed
today's reading as much as I did and I look forward
to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our
journey. God bless you and have a great day.