Early in the public ministry, after the calling of the first disciples. John places it before the Passover in Jerusalem.
Now. Kafr Kanna is the village the Latin Church has long visited. Another tradition names Khirbet Qana. The Gospel says Cana of Galilee. It does not settle a modern boundary dispute. The sign is the wine, and Mary’s last recorded words in Scripture: Do whatever He tells you.Then. There is a marriage. The wine fails. Mary says to Him, They have no wine, and to the servants, Whatsoever He shall say to you, do ye. Water becomes wine. John calls it the beginning of His signs, and says the disciples believed in Him.
