Along with the feeding of the 5,000 (the multiplication of the loaves), the wedding feast of Cana is a New Testament prefiguration of the Most Holy Eucharist.
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“Baptism” means washing, and John the Baptist made it a symbolic rite of moral purification. But why was Jesus baptized if He had no need for moral purification?
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King Herod represents those threatened and insecure people who greet the birth of a child with fear. Just as he deceitfully tried to ascertain the child’s whereabouts so that he might be killed (as he typically did with any would-be contenders to his throne), many today see the unborn child as a threat to their own throne of comfort, lifestyle, and personal autonomy.
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