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What is the Catholic view on wine consumption at the Wedding of Cana?

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The Catholic theologian & bishop Fulton Sheen wrote about (emphasis added) the Marriage Feast at Cana : > Sometimes these Eastern marriages lasted for seven days, but in the > case of the poorer people, for only two. Whatever was the case, at > Cana, at some period of the entertainment the wine suddenly ran out. > This was very embarrassing because of the passionate devotion of the > Eastern people to hospitality, and also because of the mortification > it offered to the wedded pair. It is permitted us to conjecture why > the wine should have failed. This was a wine country, and it is very > likely that the host laid in an abundant supply. **The explanation for > the deficiency is probably the fact that Our Blessed Lord did not come > alone. He brought with Him His disciples, and this apparently threw a > heavy burden upon the store of wine.** Our Lord and His disciples had > already been journeying for three days and had covered a distance of > ninety miles. The disciples were thus so hungry, and so thirsty, that > it was a wonder that the food did not give out as well as the wine. > Since wine was a symbol of mirth and health to the people, it was > important that their need be filled-as an old Hebrew proverb put it: > "Where wine is wanting, doctors thrive." What have other Catholic scholars written on the wine consumption at the wedding of Cana?
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Jan 20, 2022, 06:59 PM
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