In this Sunday’s sermon at St. Sarkis Church, we reflected on the first sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John: the Wedding at Cana of Galilee. While many are familiar with Jesus’ miracles of healing and abundance, this homily invites us to slow down and explore the deep spiritual meaning behind His very first miracle: changing water into wine. Set on the first Sunday after the Feast of the Nativity, the Gospel reading from John reveals a carefully structured narrative that echoes the Book of Genesis. Just as creation unfolds over six days, the miracle at Cana takes place on the sixth day, pointing us back to the creation of Adam and Eve and forward to a renewed creation in Christ. What was broken by sin is now being restored through Jesus, the New Adam, and Mary, the New Eve. This reflection explores how the wedding at Cana is not simply about wine, but about joy, obedience, trust, and participation with God. Mary’s quiet yet powerful intercession, “They have no wine,” becomes a model for prayer: presenting our reality to God and allowing Him to act beyond our imagination. The servants’ obedience teaches us what it means to trust God, even when His instructions seem counterintuitive. The sermon also invites a personal spiritual exercise: Where do you see yourself in this miracle? Are you Mary, interceding? A servant, trusting? A guest, receiving joy? Through this Gospel, we are reminded that when God is invited into our lives, confusion turns into clarity, scarcity into abundance, and emptiness into joy. As we begin the new year in the life of the Armenian Apostolic Church, this message calls us to rediscover Christ’s transforming presence and to entrust ourselves to the guidance of the Holy Mother of God, who always leads us to her Son, especially in moments of spiritual dryness and longing. Gospel Reflection: John 2:1–11 Theme: From Emptiness to Abundance, From Obedience to Joy
