place
Cana
also: Cana of Galilee, Kana
The Galilean village of the marriage feast where, at his mother's urging, Christ turned water into wine---his first miracle, which for Rilke's Mary sets the whole sacrifice in motion.
Reading notes
- The Life of the Virgin Mary §9 wedding feast
The marriage at Cana in Galilee (John 2): at Mary's urging Christ turns water into wine, his first miracle---and, for her, the first step toward the Passion.