In our Gospel lesson for today Jesus performs what Scripture calls His first “sign.” What is a
“sign”? A sign is an act where Jesus manifests His glory as the only-begotten Son of God (John 3:16-18), and St. John’s Gospel includes seven of them. This first sign is quite remarkable: massive amounts of water transformed into massive amounts of wine. This, of course, will pale in comparison to Jesus, risen from the dead, transforming massive amounts of sin, indeed all of sin, into a massive heap of forgiveness, shared through the Church in Word and Sacrament.