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 from 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

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: Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (January 20, 2019)

Community in Mission: Biblical Basics about Mother Mary – A Homily for the Second Sunday of the Year (19 JAN 19)

Crossroads Initiative: Wedding Feast at Cana - Sign of Transformation

The Sacred Page: The Bridegroom Revealed: The 2nd Sunday of OT (18 JAN 19)

The Sacred Page: The Wedding at Cana (The Mass Readings Explained) (14 JAN 19)

St. Paul Center: In the Wedding: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Word on Fire: The First of the Signs (Cycle C * Ordinary Time * Week 2)

Spirituality of the Readings: His Delight (Second Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

In Exile: The Mary of Scripture and the Mary of Devotions (Second Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Let the Scriptures Speak: The Bridegroom is Here (Second Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

The Word Engaged: Lovely in Eyes Not His (Second Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Historical Cultural Context: Jesus and His Mother (Second Sunday of Ordinary Time C) 

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by Maximus of Turin (Second Sunday of Ordinary Time C)