Master of the Banquet – Linda Vogt Turner

Epiphany IX: The Bridegroom Called Aside — Set Apart

A red-haired woman rests her hand on a stone jar as an elder, professorial-looking man lifts a glass of wine for a black man draped in saffron to taste.

At Cana, the master of the banquet tastes the wine and the bridegroom is called aside. This ninth Epiphany reflection pauses to notice that phrase — and what it reveals in Lent.