Musings on the Cana Wedding Miracle
The first miracle Jesus worked as presented in John’s Gospel overflows with lessons. He wasn’t planning to begin his public life that day, but Jesus was open to God’s prompting him through his mother Mary. Sometimes it’s good to pay attention to others’ suggestions. The setting of the miracle itself is significant. The fact that […]
Trusting in the Lord for Miracles
Saturday’s first reading at Mass included the angel’s words to Abraham about Sarah becoming pregnant at the age of ninety: “Is anything too marvelous for the Lord to do?” This is echoed by the angel Gabriel when he tells Mary that the elderly Elizabeth will bear a son: “For nothing will be impossible with God.” […]
Are There Miracles Today?
Each year a team of medical professionals from my parish, St. Dominic, spend a week in a poor village in El Salvador screening and treating more than 1,000 patients. On their visit last month, to their dismay there was only enough lidocaine for local anesthesia for five or six patients. However, each time the doctors […]
Mysterious Match: An Epiphany or What?
During my meditation time, I light a candle. One day the wick wouldn’t light. When the match burned my finger, I dropped it into the candle where it burned up, black and crisp. However, the tip flamed for the entire half hour. For about two weeks now, whenever I’ve lit that match, it burns, […]