Mary's Last Recorded Words

In the readings at Catholic Mass today, we find the story of the wedding at Cana. It is there where Christ performed his first miracle: turning water into wine. Yet what is sometimes overshadowed by that event are the last recorded words of the Virgin Mary: "Do whatever He tells you."

It is difficult to image these words and their timing as inadvertent. Christ is at the beginning of His public ministry; they must be seen as a foreshadowing of things to come. "Do whatever He tells you."

A simple yet marvelous statement. If we were to honor it, we would do great things for the world.