“Can't be Refused”

Reflection: The Happenings at Cana

     I really appreciate how the Catholics show their faith and respect to whom they call, “Our Lady” or whom we all know as Mary. Personally, I really appreciate the character of Mary, specially her obedience and devotion to do the will of God. I agree to them that Mary showed sensitivity at the happenings in Cana, but I think other people also can. Thinking that this happening in the Scripture would really support their belief and teachings about Mary, they cling into this and treat this as one of their Biblical foundation. However they made it, I can say that they somehow succeed, particularly inside their church or in the Roman Catholic world.

     Now, this teaching really did an impact to their belief and as what we can see, although they deny it always, they call to Mary more often than Jesus Christ. This is because they interpret that the happenings in Cana showed that Jesus Christ can't refuse all of Mary's request, His Mother, maybe forgetting to look back at the passage where Jesus Christ called Mary, “Woman” instead of “Mother” just like how the Roman.

     Wherever Catholic Church we go, we really can notice how they honor Mary that when an outsider came in would really mistakenly believe that Mary is higher than Jesus Christ judging to what their pictures and images show. They even have a special prayer for her the ,”Ave Maria”, I don't actually memorize this, but it clearly showed how they have faith in her to listen to her prayers, forgetting that she was just a human and was used by God to conceive Jesus Christ. I was able once to have a conversation about this with a Catholic girl. She said that they all honor Mary and saints, maybe just honor Mary more. Well, personally, I can't see their differences besides of the fact that God used them differently, but now I think it is because of their belief in the happenings in Cana, where they believe that Mary is much closer to Jesus Christ than the other disciples or apostle, and because she's the Mother of Jesus, she can't be refused.