Since wedding festivities typically went on for several days, great embarrassment was on horizon. Mary quietly advised her Son of predicament. Knowing profound import of her next words, she issued a simple directive to servants to "...do whatever he tells you" (Jn 2:5). Moments later, heaven touched earth.

From moment she spoke, Mary knew that Jesus would no longer be able to blend quietly into village life. She started her Son on his mission with no idea what that mission entailed. She knew not of master plan God had crafted from dawn of time - coming rejection, suffering and death that would be price of salvation. She was unaware of depths of divine mercy. She only knew that God was in charge and it was not important that she understand, only that she trust.

We never hear from Mary again in Scripture. Throughout years of her Son’s earthly ministry, none of her words are recorded. Accounts of his passion and death noted only her presence, but no consoling prayer, anguished cry or stinging rebuke directed at his persecutors. Descriptions of Jesus’s miraculous Resurrection offered no mention of his mother’s reaction. Even narrative of his Ascension included no reference to a parting dialogue or simple goodbye between mother and Son.

Some might think Mary was slighted by inspired authors of Sacred Scripture. Others might feel that she was rightly overshadowed by her divine Son. Still others contend that her scriptural silence, in itself, possessed vast theological implications.

Perhaps another insight merits consideration. Maybe Blessed Mother said all that needed to be said. While her command to servants saved her wedding host much embarrassment, it was only a means to an end. Her directive was infused with a transcendence far beyond Cana. As any good mother would do, Mary offered all her children loving, yet firm, parental guidance. Quite simply, her last recorded words made clear way to salvation.