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

Eucharistic ministers


Question from Richard D'Orlando on 2/21/2008:  
Any catholic can become a Eucharistic minister just by saying yes when asked by any pastor. Eucharistic ministers were introduced for the sole purpose of distributing Holy Commuion , when no priest was available. We now see many of these "ministers" giving out Holy Commuion, as well,as opening the tabernacle door at any time the priest is present or not, to give out the Eucharist. My question is this: Do you think that all these Eucharistic ministers have helped in watering down the truth that the Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity Of Jesus Christ, by being handled by those whose hands are not consecrated? If Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dr. and Saint in heaven, said in his Smuma Theologica, " Out of respect for this sacrament, only that which is consecrated, is to touch the sacred Host", meaning, only the hands of the consecrated priest, how can we disregard this saint's teaching today, if he is a Dr. and saint of the Catholic church? Can we merely explain it away with wishful thinking that it was just this saints opionion? Connected to this question is all of the changes that have helped ruin our Mass. Richard D'Orlando, Nahant, Massachusetts. email: goretti6@earthlink.net
Answer by Fr. Robert J. Levis on 2/22/2008: 
Dear Richard, Without doubt, you express truth here. Some of these people have scandalized many others. Even we priests are reminded of this dignity we enjoy and are corrected by Scripture: "Imitamini quod tractatus." Imitate what you are doing. If and when the EEM is well prepared this scandal should not occur. We priests need help, we are fewer in number and older now. But there is no excuse for the nonchalant EEM whose attitude is sinful. Fr. Bob Levis

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