Poem: The Wedding Toast
St. John tells how, at Cana's wedding feast,
The water-pots poured wine in such amount
That by his sober count
There were a hundred gallons at the least.
It made no earthly sense, unless to show
How whatsoever love elects to bless
Brims to a sweet excess
That can without depletion overflow.
Which is to say that what love sees is true;
That this world's fullness is not made but found.
Life hungers to abound
And pour its plenty out for such as you.
Now, if your loves will lend an ear to mine,
I toast you both, good son and dear new daughter.
May you not lack for water,
And may that water smack of Cana's wine.
--------Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) US Poet Laureate in 1987 and two time winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Proverb:
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.”
------------------St. (Mother) Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), founder of the Missionaries of Charity, who worked among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta
Painting: The Wedding at Cana 1984, by Sadao Watanabe (1917-1996
Prayer:
O Divine Comforter,
We lift our hearts and minds to you today
in gratitude for all your innumerable blessings.
As your Son our Savior Jesus Christ
performed his first miracle at a wedding in Cana
in order to ensure abundance and hospitality for all,
embolden us to give generously
to alleviate the needs around us with humility and grace.
May we seek to embody,
measure for measure,
your generous and compassionate heart.
Feed us with your love,
that we may be strengthened to act with lovingkindness
to all whom we encounter.
Amen.
----------------- Leslie Barnes Scoopmire
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