Jesus turned the water into wine, at the wedding in Canaan.
"Turn this water into wine!" is a line from "King Herod's Song," from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar.
Before the wine is consecrated, the priest or deacon adds a drop of water into the wine in the chalice. The wine represents the divine nature of Christ The water represents the human nature of Christ. So that the mixing of the water and wine into one signifies the Incarnation of Christ. And also the Crucifixion, when blood and water poured from His pierced side.
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Jesus turned water to wine at w a wedding in Cana.
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In the old days it was done to cut the alcohol strength as the wine was rather high in alcohol content with thick consistency. Now, in modern times, it is symbol of Christ's humanity ( water) and divinity (wine). The priestor deacon says the following prayer when mixing the water and wine: By the mingling of this water and this wine, may we come to share in the divine life of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our humanity.
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The water is symbolic of Jesus humanity and the wine of his divinity, in which we share. The priest or deacon adds water to the wine and says "By the mystery of this water and this wine, may we share in the divine life of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our humanity" In olden days, the water was used to cut the strength of the wine, which was rather thick
you receive the body of christ with the wine[blood of christ]
It is not recorded that Christ blood was ever drunk by anyone. When we partake of the Sacrament we drink water or wine which is symbolic of the blood spilt by Christ
T. Graham Brown.
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