SERMON
Gospel of John 2: 1-11
January 20, 2019

You are wished “A Very Happy and Blessed New Year!” And, appropriately, that is exactly what today’s Gospel is all about: New Beginnings and New Blessings.

Sometimes “the new” comes in with a big bang– like fireworks heralding in the New Year. Other times, it comes quietly – like an envelope in the mailbox. How pleased we are when we see an invitation – for a wedding, Baptism, birthday, or graduation, just to name a few. It means a time of gathering, socializing, rejoicing, celebrating and honoring.

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WATER ON MAN IN RESTAURANT

Did you ever eat dinner in a nice restaurant all by yourself?
You walk in and say “table for one” and the hostess or maître d give you that look.
And then after you are seated, the waiter comes with that disappointed look because you just cut his tip potential in half.
And the other diners around you do sneak a pitying or curious peak at you.
Kind of like the way people would look at you if you say “No, I can’t be there because I go to church on Sunday morning.”
You just stand out as a bit odd.

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