Jesus and his family were invited to the wedding of friends at Cana. Jesus’ family included his mother Mary, four brothers, James, Joset, Jude, and Simon, along with sisters Judith and Miriam. (Mk. 6: 3) (Jdt. 16)
The long
walk back to Capernaum featured a lively conversation centered on the
replenishment of wine by Jesus. Jude was
angry. He saw it as an imitation of the
‘eat drink and be merry’ Romans. James,
called ‘the Just’, wondered what John the Baptist would think. His brother Jesus was with John until Herod
threw John into the Palace dungeon. (Mk.
6: 14-17)
Jesus recently left the community of John
and returned north to Galilee and his family. He was beginning a new ministry of advocating non-violent
social change and recognizing that the kingdom of God was present but not
complete.
Judith was very impressed by her brother
Jesus after he returned to Galilee and asked Jesus’ mother Mary for her
thoughts. Mary said Daddy Joe would be
very proud of him. Judith danced and sang.
James
agreed with Jesus that non-violent action was necessary to change the Roman
policy of enriching Rome and its collaborators at the expense of the poor, but
what does more wine have to do with it?
Simon and Joset were worried about their young friend John who was in attendance at the wedding and who liked to write stories. How is he going to explain the extra wine? James claimed it would just be a story and not to worry about it. Simon and Joset were concerned that the story would hurt the movement; can the movement be based on a lie? James countered that it would be a story with signs pointing to a very difficult truth to explain. Galileans liked discussions and parables.
Miriam led the family in song and dance as dawn broke. (Ex. 15: 20-21)
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