When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. (And) Jesus said to her, Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come. His mother said to the servers, Do whatever he tells you. Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, Fill the jars with water. So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter. So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now. Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. -The 2nd Luminous Mystery

Apostolic succession

Apostolic succession
Question from on 08-02-2007:
Why is so much importance placed on Apostolic Succession? The Apostles were in constant need of correction by Jesus. Peter even denied he knew Jesus. Jesus at one point called him Satan. The Apostles were actually quite cluless as to the nature of Christ's mission.

God Bless.
Answer by Richard Geraghty on 08-05-2007:
Dear Luke,

One has to distinguish between the Apostles before the Holy Spirit came to them and after. After the Holy Spirit came, they behaved with much more insight and conviction than before. They became the foundations of the Church. Upon them was built the Bishops and Popes that came later. Without these foundations the present Bishops and Pope would be merely human beings without any divine power or commission to teach and sanctify the world.

Dr. Geraghty

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