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

Sainthood


Sainthood
Question from on 08-02-2007:
Dear Dr.Geraghty, Recently a EWTN viewer placed a question to Fr. Bob Levis regarding her daughter Kristy's recent death and Kristy's journal entries prior to Kristy's knowledge that she was terminaly ill at age 21 about how Kristy wanted to be a saint. How does the church view this situation? Do miracles have to happen at Kristy's grave. What is the philosophical basis for sainthood in recent times? I am asking here instead of with Fr.Bob due to this more "philosophical" nature of my question. Thank you, Kasey F.
Answer by Richard Geraghty on 08-05-2007:
Dear Kasey,

There are many more saints in heaven than those canonized by the Church. What the Church does is to put those who have been especially good before us as good examples by asking God to perform miracles so that all can be sure that the people in question are in heaven.

Dr. Geraghty

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