Wedding at Cana

 

Not only is Jesus the most important person in a marriage, as Venerable Fulton Sheen would say "It takes three to marry. Husband, Wife, and Jesus Christ" (Three to get Married, Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen). Just as a marriage will fail without Christ, this wedding feast would have failed without Him. Coincidentally this passage in the Gospel according to St. John, demonstrates the intercessory position of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Jesus Christ, her son, on the behalf of the bride's parents (and for us). 

The Blessed Virgin Mary was approached by the brides parents, and she approached Jesus to help them. This help from Jesus is the first public miracle that started His public ministry. When we pray, either directly to God the Father in the Name of Jesus Christ, to Jesus, or to the Blessed Virgin Mary to pray to Jesus for us, or all of the above there are levels of intercessory prayers involved. Praying to God the Father, Jesus is interceding for us. Praying to Jesus, for someone else for example, we are interceding for them. Praying to Jesus for ourselves, we are interceding for ourselves, but in union with the prayers of saints such as the Blessed Virgin Mary, patron saints, or our guardian angel. Or we can pray to the Saints, such as the Blessed Virgin Mary, for their prayers as Scripture says "Prayers of a righteous man avialeth much" (James 5:16), and there is no one more righteous than those in heaven. The Rosary is a prayer of meditation on the life and mysteries of Christ, and intercessory prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, prayer to Jesus for Him to intercede in our lives, and prayers to God the Father in praise, worship, and adoration. 

The fruit of this mystery: Jesus through Mary. Now to some of my Protestant audience this may not sit well as it looks like an obstacle to Jesus, but as above it is an example of intercessory prayer. Think of it this way. Growing up, if we went to friend's house, we didn't just walk in and go to our friend, we would have gone to their parent (mom or dad) and asked for our friend. They weren't an obstacle, but a gateway to your friend. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the gateway to our friend, Jesus Christ. 

The Scriptural Rosary is as follows:

1. The Second Luminous Mystery is the Wedding at Cana
1. Pater Noster ...
2. And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. (John 2:1)
1. Ave Maria … 
3. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. (John 2:2)
1. Ave Maria … 
4. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. (John 2:3)
1. Ave Maria … 
5. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come. (John 2:4)
1. Ave Maria … 
6. His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. (John 2:5)
1. Ave Maria … 
7. Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. (John 2:6)
1. Ave Maria … 
8. Jesus saith to them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. (John 2:7)
1. Ave Maria … 
9. And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. (John 2:8)
1. Ave Maria … 
10. And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; the chief steward calleth the bridegroom (John 2:9)
1. Ave Maria … 
11. And saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now. (John 2:10)
1. Ave Maria … 
12. O My Jesus ...
13. Gloria Patri ...

[4] "What is that to me": These words of our Savior, spoken to his mother, have been understood by some commentators as harsh, they not considering the next following verse: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye, which plainly shews that his mother knew of the miracle that he was to perform, and that it was at her request he wrought it; besides the manner of speaking the words as to the tone, and the countenance shewn at the same time, which could only be known to those who were present, or from what had followed: for words indicating anger in one tone of voice, would be understood quite the reverse in another. (commentary on drbo.org).

Deductively the same result as above can be determined. The Blessed Virgin Mary may not have known that Jesus was going to turn water into wine, per se; or even how He would bring about wine at her request. But the Blessed Virgin Mary requested something of her son, knowing full well that He could make wine appear out of nowhere and none would be the wiser, but she would have known that He would do something as she had asked Him of it on behalf of her friend. So, when He asked her "what is that to me?" it wasn't and admonition, but an opportunity for Him to begin His public ministry and set about His mission. (My commentary on the commentary above).