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: 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 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 17, 2016)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflection: Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (January 17, 2016)

Community in Mission: Biblical Basics about Mother Mary – A Homily for the Second Sunday of the Year (16 JAN 16)

Aleteia: Deacon Greg Kandra: Mary and Miracles: Homily for January 17, 2016, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (16 JAN 16)

The Sacred Page: The Bridegroom Revealed: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (12 JAN 16) 

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

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology: In the Wedding: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (11 JAN 16)

The Dispatch: Cana, Signs, and Sacraments (16 JAN 16)

Spirituality of the Readings: My Delight (2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Let the Scriptures Speak: The Bridegroom is Here (2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

The Word Embodied: Lovely in Eyes Not His (2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Historical Cultural Context: Jesus and His Mother (2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by Maximus of Turin (2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)