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Dear brothers and sisters

Life gives you encounters with people who are authentic signs of God. Facilitators who are able to bring a little light between the dark clouds that sometimes cross our lives. Faces that unite, inspire and transmit peace. People through whom, without them being very aware, God is acting and continues to be present among the people.

This Sunday's Gospel says that "in Cana of Galilee, Jesus began his signs and the faith of his disciples in him grew." And this was possible because there, at that wedding, was one of those people. A person attentive to the needs of others and willing to step forward to help; a humble woman, with an unwavering faith, capable of making an ambiguous response into a firm act of faith in the word of her Son.

There was Mary, a mirror in which those who seek to be signs of the good God in the midst of everyday life can look at themselves. A model of mediator in the face of the problems of others; of simplicity and humility in his interventions; of faith and complete trust in the power of God who goes out to meet those who seek him with a clean heart.

Today is a good day to open our eyes and discover around us those signs of God that encourage us not to let ourselves be carried away by discouragement. Today is an opportunity to ask ourselves what we can do to bring God to others. Because each one of us, from our specific situation, can be channels through which God acts and fills with hope those who are discouraged because the wine of the party has run out in their lives.

Let us enrich our lives with people who speak to us about God so that we too may be transmitters of good news that fills the life of this world with hope. Happy Sunday!

2025 01 19

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