Daily Mass is celebrated:
Monday through Saturday at 8 a.m.
The Sunday Mass schedule is:
Saturday at 5 p.m. in English
Sunday at 7:30 a.m. in English
Sunday at 9 a.m. in English
Sunday at 11 a.m. in English
Sunday at 1 p.m. in Spanish
Please contact the parish office at
949-494-9701 to schedule.
We commit ourselves to: being a welcoming sanctuary and a place of prayer and worship.
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Peace and all good❤
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✝️ WHY DID JESUS BEGIN HIS MIRACLES THROUGH MARY? THE HIDDEN MYSTERY OF CANA WILL AMAZE YOU! 😳🤔
One of the most fascinating questions in the Bible is this:
Why did Jesus choose to perform His very first public miracle after His mother's request?
Could He have worked His first miracle anywhere?
Of course.
Could He have begun by healing a blind man?
Yes.
Could He have raised the dead first?
Absolutely.
Yet Jesus chose to begin His public ministry at a wedding feast...
after Mary spoke.
Why?
The answer is far deeper than many imagine.
The story is found in John 2:1-11.
The wedding feast had a serious problem.
The wine had run out.
In Jewish culture, this was more than an embarrassment.
It was a public disgrace that could haunt a family for years.
Before anyone else noticed...
Mary noticed.
She quietly turned to Jesus and simply said:
«"They have no wine." (John 2:3)»
Notice something remarkable.
Mary does not tell Jesus what to do.
She simply places the need before Him.
This is the very heart of Christian intercession.
She presents the need...
and trusts the wisdom of her Son.
Jesus replies:
«"Woman, what is this to me and to you? My hour has not yet come." (John 2:4)»
Many people misunderstand this verse.
They think Jesus was rebuking His mother.
But in the Bible, the title "Woman" is one of profound theological significance.
It recalls the Woman of Genesis 3:15, through whom God promised that the serpent would ultimately be defeated.
By calling Mary "Woman," Jesus is not distancing Himself from her.
He is revealing her place in God's plan of salvation.
Then Mary says the last recorded words she ever speaks in Scripture:
«"Do whatever He tells you." (John 2:5)»
These are not merely instructions to the servants.
They are Mary's message to every Christian in every age.
She never points people to herself.
She always points them to Christ.
Now notice what Jesus does.
He transforms ordinary water into extraordinary wine.
But St. John never calls it merely a miracle.
He calls it a "sign."
Why?
Because every miracle points beyond itself.
The wine points to something greater.
It points to the New Covenant.
It points to the Blood Christ would shed on Calvary.
It points to the Eucharist.
The old purification jars of the Old Covenant are now filled with something new.
Jesus is showing that He has come not simply to improve the old covenant...
but to fulfill it.
So why did Jesus begin His miracles through Mary?
Not because He needed His mother's permission.
He is God.
Rather, He freely chose to involve her in the beginning of His public ministry, just as He had already involved her in the mystery of the Incarnation.
The same God who chose to come into the world through Mary's "Yes" also chose to begin His public signs with her quiet intercession.
This reveals an important biblical principle:
God delights in allowing His faithful servants to cooperate in His saving work.
Moses interceded for Israel.
Elijah interceded for the widow.
The Apostles interceded for the Church.
Mary interceded at Cana.
In every case, God remains the source of the miracle, but He lovingly allows His people to participate in His work.
The miracle at Cana therefore teaches us two unforgettable lessons.
First, Jesus cares even about the hidden struggles that others do not notice.
Second, Mary's role has always been the same:
She sees our need...
She brings it to Jesus...
And she tells us,
«"Do whatever He tells you."»
That is why Jesus began His public miracles through Mary.
Not to glorify Mary above Christ...
But to reveal that the Mother always leads us to the Son.
God bless you.
Augustine Ikegwu
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