Cana in Galilee again, except this time instead of turning water into wine, Jesus gives a son back to his distraught father. Both the wine and the healing are signs proclaiming Jesus’ identity. Signs, of course, need to be interpreted. We see the sign and then we ask, “What does this mean?” This is the rhythm of John’s Gospel. Jesus acts, Jesus speaks, inviting us to “Come and See,” and we ask, “What does this mean?”

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From Series: "You're Invited to Come and See"

After being raised from the dead, Jesus appeared to his followers, but one of them, Thomas, was not with them. Later, with Thomas in the room with the others, Jesus again appeared. He patiently accepted Thomas’s demand to see the nail holes in his hand and the spear wound in his side, and it was only after that that Jesus said, “Do not doubt but believe.” Long before that gracious acquiescence, Jesus first asked his disciples to follow him by saying simply, “Come and see.” No demands. No pyrotechnics. Just an invitation to watch and listen as they lived with him, walked with him, ate with him. That same invitation is extended to us during this Epiphany Season: “Come and See.”