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First reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Is 62:1-5

For Zion鈥檚 sake I will not be silent,
for Jerusalem鈥檚 sake I will not be quiet,
until her vindication shines forth like the dawn
and her victory like a burning torch.

Nations shall behold your vindication,
and all the kings your glory;
you shall be called by a new name
pronounced by the mouth of the LORD.
You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the LORD,
a royal diadem held by your God.
No more shall people call you 鈥淔orsaken, 鈥�
or your land 鈥淒esolate, 鈥�
but you shall be called 鈥淢y Delight, 鈥�
and your land 鈥淓spoused.鈥�
For the LORD delights in you
and makes your land his spouse.
As a young man marries a virgin,
your Builder shall marry you;
and as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride
so shall your God rejoice in you.

Second reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians
1 Cor 12:4-11

Brothers and sisters:
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;
there are different forms of service but the same Lord;
there are different workings but the same God
who produces all of them in everyone.
To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for some benefit.
To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom;
to another, the expression of knowledge according to the
same Spirit;
to another, faith by the same Spirit;
to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit;
to another, mighty deeds;
to another, prophecy;
to another, discernment of spirits;
to another, varieties of tongues;
to another, interpretation of tongues.
But one and the same Spirit produces all of these,
distributing them individually to each person as he wishes.

From the Gospel according to John
Jn 2:1-11

There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee,
and the mother of Jesus was there.
Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
When the wine ran short,
the mother of Jesus said to him,
鈥淭hey have no wine.鈥�
And Jesus said to her,
鈥淲oman, how does your concern affect me?
My hour has not yet come.鈥�
His mother said to the servers,
鈥淒o whatever he tells you.鈥�
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings,
each holding twenty to thirty gallons.
Jesus told them,
鈥淔ill the jars with water.鈥�
So they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them,
鈥淒raw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.鈥�
So they took it.
And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine,
without knowing where it came from
鈥� although the servers who had drawn the water knew 鈥�,
the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him,
鈥淓veryone serves good wine first,
and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one;
but you have kept the good wine until now.鈥�
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee
and so revealed his glory,
and his disciples began to believe in him.

At Cana Jesus鈥� disciples become his family and at Cana the faith of the Church is born. We are all invited to the wedding feast, because the new wine will never run short! (General Audience, 8 June 2016)