“His Mother said to the servers, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’” These are the last words that Our Lady speaks in the Sacred Scriptures. These extraordinary last words uttered by Our Lady resounds some twenty centuries later in our world. As She told the servers at that country wedding, She reiterates to us this day ~ “Do whatever He tells you.” It would benefit us greatly if we heeded these final recorded words of Our Lady.
Our Lady is not the only one who has issued us such advice. Recall what we heard from Jesus’ Father (God, the Father) in the Gospel of the Lord’s Baptism; namely, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him.” Now, this weekend, we hear from His Mom ~ “Do whatever He tells you.” I don’t think we need any further promptings. Two extremely reliable sources have told us what to do. Do you think it’s time we listen?
Pope St. John Paul II in 2001 reflected: “The Mother of Christ is now repeating to us Her invitation to the servants during the wedding at Cana: ‘Do whatever He tells you’. With these words, the Virgin apparently wants to encourage us not to be afraid . . . What matters is that we do whatever Christ tells us, trusting in Him: He will never let our ceaseless prayer go unheard. May Our Lady’s invitation, which the Gospel renews today, open us to total abandonment to Jesus.”
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Wayne