Tajemnica Matki Pana w tajemnicy Przymierza. Symbolika i teologia J 2,1-12

Abstract

Traditional interpretation uses this text as a Biblical proof confirming the doctrine of St. Mary's mediation. Nowadays, however, this rendition is being abandoned since interpreting Mary's asking for a miracle as a manifestation of Her interceding power does not seem justified. Exegetes point at a close connection between the description of the Cana marriage feast and the description of the Covenant made on Sinai (Exod. 19,10- 11.16). The Protagonist here is not St. Mary but Jesus, who is beginning His public activity and showing His messianic glory. On the third day the glory of God was revealed on Sinai, on the third day the marriage feast in Cana was held and on the third day the Resurrection of Christ took place. St. Mary, as a MotherWoman-Betrothed, carries on a mission in the Church; the mission which She initiated in Cana.