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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