“ His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it ” …
“Do it. … Gladness, the gladness of some poor, very poor, people. … Of course they were poor, since they hadn’t wine enough even at a wedding. … The historians write that, in those days, the people living about the Lake of Gennesaret were the poorest that can possibly be imagined … and another great heart, that other great being, His Mother, knew that He had come not only to make His great terrible sacrifice. She knew that His heart was open even to the simple, artless merrymaking of some obscure and unlearned people, who had warmly bidden Him to their poor wedding. ‘Mine hour is not yet come,’ He said, with a soft smile (He must have smiled gently to her). And, indeed, was it to make wine abundant at poor weddings He had come down to earth? And yet He went and did as she asked Him. … Ah, he is reading again. …”
“ Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.