Cana
The village of the Weddings of the same name and of the Water turned into wine, the first miracle of Jesus at the intercession of the Virgin Mary. "What is there, from now on, between Us".
Inhabitants or natives[edit | edit source]
Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle (Bartholomew), Anne his Woman, Susanna, the young bride of the Weddings of Cana and her husband, Salome, the wife of Simon the cousin of Jesus, and her mother, Joanna and her grandchildren including Tobias and Rachel, healed by Jesus at the intercession of Marjiam, Michael, a friend and relative of Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle.
Description[edit | edit source]
Village 7 km northeast of Nazareth, on the road to Tiberias.
Significant events[edit | edit source]
The Weddings of Cana[1].
Healing of the son of the royal officer of Capernaum[2].
The young Marjiam obtains here the Grace of a first miracle through his fasting[3].
Its name[edit | edit source]
Cana, Qana, Kana "the place of rosWaterx" - Today probably Kfar-Kannâ (Kefr Kenna).
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
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Learn more about this place[edit | edit source]
Apparently a locality known for its eggs and grapes (vineyard)[4]. The property of Susanna, where the Weddings of Cana take place, is located on the outskirts.
Excerpt from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel According to Maria Valtorta, by Jean-François Lavère:The place of the first miracle of Jesus and the hometown of Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle-BartholomewThis village is often mentioned in the work, as members of Jesus’ relatives live there, as evidenced by this dialogue between Joseph and his brother Alphaeus. ‘‘All relatives doing well? All doing very well, and from Cana, they send you all these goods: grapes, apples, cheeses, honey’’[5]. Another testimony is given when the cousin Jude comes to invite Jesus for the Weddings: ‘‘Your Mother sends me to tell You: "Susanna is marrying tomorrow. I ask you, Son, to attend this wedding." Mary invites you, and with Her, my mother and the brothers. All relatives are invited, you would be the only absent one and they, the relatives, ask you to please the spouses’’[6].
After the miracle of the Water turned to wine, it is again in Cana[7], that Jesus heals at a distance the son of a king’s officer.[8]
An ancient tradition identifies Cana with Kefr' Kenna, a village located 7 km northeast of Nazareth, at the foot of a small hill, on the road to Capernaum. This site is attested by Saint Jerome and by Theodosius, as early as 530. In recent decades other sites claim the location of the miracle (Kenet-el-Jalil, Khirbet Qana). In Maria Valtorta’s work, it is unambiguously the traditional site that is described.
Explore[edit | edit source]
• 32° 45’ N / 35° 22’ E
• +300/350m
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
Note: Quotations from the work of Maria Valtorta on this page currently use machine-translated text and will gradually be replaced by the official English translation. Until then, the official translation may be consulted through the reference link provided with each quotation.