My son was visiting yesterday. He is planning to get married in a few months. His fiancée has selected her dress. He is excited about her, for her and about the celebration. It is an anticipation of a love filled celebration.
In Celtic spirituality there is a concept known as a ‘thin place’. This is a time, place or event in which, for a very brief moment, our humanity is embraced by the mystery of the divine and we are filled with the wonder of God (Chezzi, 2010)
The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary compare the love of the Creator for the Creature to the delight of the marriage couple for each other. The place where we encounter the Divine may be in the joy of the couple who are getting married. The celebration of that event is certainly a time to witness the delight and joy of love and to demonstrate that love in daily life to the couple. At Cana, Jesus quietly revealed the boundless generosity of the Father towards his children. The giftedness we see in our intimate friends is another glimpse of the mystery of the hand of the Divine in our lives.
Chezzi, A. (2010, January). 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Living with Christ , p. 101.
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