The Miracle of Cana
Peter Henrici“Yahweh’s nuptials with his people, this eschatological nuptial mystery, is the true ‘mystery’ of Cana.”
“Yahweh’s nuptials with his people, this eschatological nuptial mystery, is the true ‘mystery’ of Cana.”
“On Mary’s word, Joseph accepted, however much through a glass darkly, that the Annunciation was the Incarnation.”
"The condition for the possibility of Christian marriage is the virginal consent of Christ and of his Mother on behalf of the world."
“Catholic patience is the opposite of militant triumphalism. It is a eucharistic love that is willing to wait for the other as long as is needed.”
“Where God is not revealed as fully personal in se, human personality is always in danger of being undervalued, or even suppressed in some way.”
“The universal (catholic) community is not just one among many. Bestowed on us by God, freely given, it is the only one that is unrestricted in scope.”