"DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU"

A good friend of mine always likes to remind me that Jesus' first public miracle was turning water into wine. We went to Cana and the priests in our group celebrated mass in the town where the miracle took place. As we entered, we saw many couples renewing their marriage vows. I can only imagine the feelings that the couple in Cana that was having the time of their lives but the wine was running out. It was the last thing on their minds and would have caused a disaster. Jesus was able to save the newlyweds from a disaster and the miracle also shows the power of Marian intercession because it was the Virgin Mary who let Jesus know "they have no wine" (John 2:3). 

        After Cana, we went to Zippori National Park or Sepphoris where there are ruins of an ancient city. It is located in the lower Galilee, halfway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Galilee. The historian Josephus described it as “the ornament of all Galilee” and features an impressive archeology site dating back to the Hasmoneans who settled there in the 2nd century BC, as well as subsequent Byzantine, Arab and Crusader ruins. Sepphoris is most famous for its Byzantine mosaics, including a woman’s face known as the ‘Mona Lisa of the Galilee’ and a well-preserved zodiac featuring Greek deities on the synagogue floor.

        Some scholars speculate that Joseph may have worked there as a builder. That alone showed me the gift of the carpenters and all the skills that they had. Our guide told us that a carpenter back then is like a modern engineer. Joseph's young apprentice, Jesus, may have laid some of the stones there!`