[00:00] Praised be Jesus and Mary. There's an interesting detail in today's Gospel. John mentions the miracle in Cana of Galilee for a second time, and it's one of the few instances, very few, that the same Gospel writer mentions the same miracle more than once. So in chapter two, the miracle is described in detail.

[00:32] Then today in chapter four, it's mentioned again in passing. Jesus was in Cana. By the way, in Cana, He had made the water into wine. So everything in Scripture is in Scripture for a purpose, and this double reference to Cana is there for a purpose. One of the things it conveys to us is a subtle but a real reminder of Our Lady's role in the economy of grace.

[01:03] In Cana, Our Lady is explicitly present. She has a very prominent role in that miracle. She intercedes. She prays. She obtains. Jesus works the miracle. Our Lady has that role in the economy of grace always, although it's for the most part hidden, subtle. Whether we think of it or not, God gives graces through Our Lady always because she is truly a mother. Her maternity is real, not just metaphorical.

[01:35] Her maternity means we receive the life of God through her mediation. All graces come to us from God as their origin through Mary as our mediatrix, our mother, whether we remember it or not. Just as I'm my earthly mother's son whether I think of it or not, so I receive all graces through Our Lady whether I think of it or not, remember it or not. That's why Pope Francis said that one of the ancient titles of Our Lady is mediatrix

[02:10] of all grace and Benedict XVI, one of his homilies said that there is no fruit of grace in the history of salvation that does not have as its necessary instrument the mediation of Our Lady because that's the role God has given to Our Lady in the economy of grace. So again, we don't have to explicitly remember Our Lady to receive her intervention. You can never exclude her, however, but even though we don't have to always think about

[02:44] her, it is sweet and consoling to do that. And I think that's one of the reasons why Cana is mentioned twice in the Gospel. That's very unusual like I mentioned to mention the same miracle twice, but it is mentioned. It's sweet and consoling to do so. And the more we do so, the more we recall it, the more we open ourselves to grace the way God wants to give it, and the more consoling it is also to the heart of Jesus who invites Mary into the economy of grace, wants her to be a part of it, and is pleased, consoled

[03:17] when we recognize that and rejoice in it. So let's think of it. Let's ponder it. Let's open our hearts to grace the way God wants to give it to us through Our Lady. Praised be Jesus and Mary, now and forever.

[03:57] Amen. Amen.