Second Sunday after Epiphany; 16 January 2022; Epiphany 2C (RCL); Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:5-10; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11.
John doesn’t waste details for the sake of verisimilitude the way a modern novelist might. For years, I’ve read this miracle story and never paused to wonder why John would set it at a wedding. It just seemed like the kind of detail that made sense in first century Galilee. But John doesn’t waste details.
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