Christ spent His childhood and youth in the insignificant Galilean town of Nazareth. But the time had come for His open ministry to humanity, and He went to Judea, where in the Judean Desert, on the banks of the Jordan, John the Baptist preached repentance. Here, after being baptized by John, the Lord observed a forty-day fast, during which He was tempted by the devil, and called the first disciples. After this, the Lord returned to Galilee. On the third day, a wedding took place in the city of Cana, a small town about eight miles from Nazareth. By kinship or acquaintance, the Mother of God was present at the wedding. Jesus and His disciples were also invited. The newlyweds were likely not wealthy, and a shortage of wine soon became apparent. Compassionate to the newlyweds in their need and unwilling to allow the revelation of their shortage to disrupt the guests' festivities or worry the groom on his joyous day, the Mother of God conceived the idea of helping the groom secretly. Knowing that Her Son's heart was always drawn to the poor and needy, and that He could help even now, She turned to Him: "They have no wine." "My hour has not yet come," Christ replied to His Mother. With these words, the Lord meant to convey that miraculous aid is sent from above not according to the calculations of human prudence or the demands of timid impatience, but at a time when the glory of God is most clearly revealed. And the Mother of Christ saw in His words not a refusal of Her request; She understood that Her Son desired to assist the newlyweds and was merely awaiting the opportune moment. She immediately warned the servants to carry out precisely whatever Her Son commanded them. And soon the wine ran out. Then Jesus approached the servants and commanded them to fill six stone vessels standing there with water. The servants filled them to the brim. "Now draw some out," said the Lord, "and take it to the master of the feast." They carried it. The master of the feast tasted the water, which had already become wine, and was amazed that such excellent wine had been saved for so long. He called the bridegroom and said to him, "It is customary to serve the best wine first, and when people have drunk enough, then the inferior wine. But you have been saving the best wine until now." Now the miracle Christ had performed was revealed to everyone. This was His first miracle. The disciples saw the divine power of their Teacher and believed in Him as a messenger of God ( John 2:1-11 ).
The bridegroom also believed in Christ. He was a certain Simon. He left his bride, his home, and all the vanity of the world and followed Christ. As one of Christ's most zealous disciples, Simon was chosen among the 12 apostles. He had two nicknames: Canaanite and Zealot. Simon received the first name because he came from the Galilean city of Cana. He received the nickname Zealot, which means "zealot," because he was so ardent in his love for Christ that he left everything and followed Him ( Matthew 10:4 ; Mark 3:18 ; Luke 6:15 ).
After the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, St. Simon set out to preach the name of Christ. He traveled to Mauritania and Africa preaching the Word of God. He then traveled to Britain, that is, today's England, and enlightened many there with the light of the Christian faith. Finally, St. Simon preached in Egypt and Persia. Everywhere he preached the Holy Gospel with the same fiery zeal with which he left the vanity of the world to become a disciple of Christ. St. Simon ended his life suffering for the name of Christ. At the insistence of the pagan priests in Persia, St. Simon the Apostle was sawn in half.
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