The first miracle of Jesus recorded in the gospel of John happens at a wedding, which is how Scriptures portray our ideal relationship with God: as a marriage, and in fact, the Scriptural narrative as a whole ends at the wedding supper of the Lamb, when we are finally and forever unified with God at the end of this age, following the resurrection and judgement of all. The water that was used to make the wine was intended for ritual cleansing under the ceremonial law, the law which was eventually nailed to the cross with the shedding of Jesus' righteous blood for the remission and forgiveness of sin, when Christ paid the sin debt for all who would believe on Him. This was the institution of the new and better covenant for which Jesus was purposed from before the foundation of the world. Wine represents Jesus' blood, which we are to partake of with His body (bread, for He is the bread of life) in remembrance of Him at the Lord's supper. All of Scripture is about Jesus Christ and the love of God shown to us through Him, Who willingly gave His life as a ransom for many.
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Well if your Catholic it can mean a differnce, in my opinion.
Are these names in the bible Joanna and Salome and Susanna and quite a few more that are mentioned have no importance. that would be like saying o well God these names are not important to know who they really are and why these names are placed in the bible.
people want to cherry pick everything that they deem as important but what happens is they fail to see real hidden mysteries within scripture. because it's deemed as unimportant.
Are these names in the bible Joanna and Salome and Susanna and quite a few more that are mentioned have no importance. that would be like saying o well God these names are not important to know who they really are and why these names are placed in the bible.
people want to cherry pick everything that they deem as important but what happens is they fail to see real hidden mysteries within scripture. because it's deemed as unimportant.
The changing of water into wine is the first miracle of Jesus recorded in the gospel of John 
John's gospel makes much more plain the deity of Jesus Christ, Who gives us living water: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.” He holds the keys to life and death; in Him we live and move and have our being. He overcame sin and death, and through Him we attain to life ever after, for only He is immortal.
John's gospel makes much more plain the deity of Jesus Christ, Who gives us living water: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.” He holds the keys to life and death; in Him we live and move and have our being. He overcame sin and death, and through Him we attain to life ever after, for only He is immortal. OK....Here I am..A Catholic....Convince me as to it's importance to my salvation. Really my friend....When I was a Catholic, nobody I ever heard of ever discussed such an esoteric subject...Why? It does not matter. What matters is whether or not they believe that a Jesus died for their sins and whether or not they will accept the salvation that He offers them. I was there!
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The changing of water into wine is the first miracle of Jesus recorded in the gospel of John John's gospel makes much more plain the deity of Jesus Christ, Who gives us living water: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.” He holds the keys to life and death; in Him we live and move and have our being. He overcame sin and death, and through Him we attain to life ever after, for only He is immortal.
John's gospel makes much more plain the deity of Jesus Christ, Who gives us living water: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.” He holds the keys to life and death; in Him we live and move and have our being. He overcame sin and death, and through Him we attain to life ever after, for only He is immortal. When Jesus walked along the Sea of Galilee He saw two fishermen casting there nets,
I think it is out of respect for the fact that there are so many people recovering from alcoholism and addiction in our culture, and they want to be mindful of that... my church has started offering both wine and grape juice, whereas before we only had the latter, and though I am a recovered alcoholic and drug addict, I do dip my bread in the wine, and do not fear a relapse as a result, for by the grace of God I am free of those afflictions, and in fact, it was when I cried out to Him for help, not even knowing if He was real, that I first got clean and sober in 1994, at the age of thirty nine, after being snared for twenty four years