December 13 - Mary - Part 2

John 2:1-11 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

Over the past two thousand years, millions of people have claimed to have seen visions of the the Virgin Mary. Almost all who claimed to have seen the visions also claim that the Virgin Mary has told them something related to the apocalypse, world peace or doing more good deeds. The wedding at Cana was where Jesus performed his first recorded public miracle. It was also Mary's opportunity to be vindicated. For nearly thirty years, she had heard the whispers, felt the condescending stares, heard what the other children must have called Jesus as they ridiculed the circumstances of His birth. And since Joseph isn't mentioned after their trip to the temple when Jesus was twelve years old, the general consensus is that Joseph had passed away by the time Jesus was starting His ministry - so Mary had been enduring this as a widow without even Joseph's support. But the whole time, she knew the truth and that there was a time coming when everyone would see what she knew - that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God.
I think she had probably spoken many times with Jesus regarding when he would come into his own and when people would see the truth - hence his answer "Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come." - I interpret it as "Mom, this is neither the time nor the place, at least not yet." But there must have been something else, maybe a an unrecorded wink from Jesus or maybe just a mother pushing her son one more time because Mary chose to give her only command scriptures record - "Do whatever He tells you to do." If Mary had been the typical stage mother or the Mary of all the apparitions, she would have tapped on her wine glass, gotten everyone's attentions, stood up on the table. announced that HER son was about to perform his first miracle and then pontificated about world peace, tithing, good deeds and praying the rosary. Instead, the humble woman merely pointed the servants to obey Jesus. Think about the difference between the Mary of wedding at Cana and the nativity and the Virgin Mary that people claim to have seen over the past two thousand years and ask yourself which one really is the Mary of Christmas.