Which Ladder Are We Climbing?

On the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorated St. John of the Ladder of Divine Ascent. We discussed how we’re all on this ladder, climbing towards Christ, but we have many distractions…

In the Gospel of John, 2:1-12, our Holy Virgin Mary asks her son Jesus to provide more wine for the wedding at Cana. After all, wine gladdens the heart (Psalm 103 [104]:15) and the party had run dry. Christ then instructs the steward to fill the six stone jars with water. When the water was transformed into the finest wine, the disciples marveled. This beginning of signs Jesus did…