Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Isaiah 62:1-5, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, and John 2:1-11. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 96 (Psalm 96:1-3, 7-10).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Psalm 96 Proclaim His Marvelous Deeds To All the Nations

The Gospel reading is as follows:

There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”

And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.”

His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told the them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from – although the servers who had drawn the water knew – , the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (January 20, 2013)

Msgr. Charles Pope: Biblical Basics About Mother Mary – A Homily for the Second Sunday of the Year (19 JAN 13)

The Deacon’s Bench: Homily for January 20, 2013: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (19 JAN 13)

Marcellino D’Ambrosio, PhD: The Wedding Feast at Cana

The Quiet Corner: Mary continues her vital role in church life (17 JAN 13)

Dr. Scott Hahn: In the Wedding (January 20th 2013 - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The New Theological Movement: Why were the heavens opened to Jesus at his baptism? (11 JAN 13)

Spirituality of the Readings: “My Delight” (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time C)