Comments from high-profile people on adult beverages and drinking in general, from the collection of BillDowd.com
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Pope Francis
• Pope Francis keeps surprising people with his observations on a variety of topics not usually addressed by the head of the Roman Catholic Church. This week, in delivering his weekly Angelus address, he interpreted the
passage in the Gospel of St. John telling of the wedding feast of Cana at which it is written that Jesus turned water into wine.
• “How is it possible to celebrate the wedding and have a party if you
lack what the prophets indicated was a typical element of the messianic
banquet?”
• “Water is necessary to live, but wine expresses the abundance of the banquet and the joy of the feast.”
• “A wedding feast lacking wine embarrasses the newlyweds. Imagine
finishing the wedding feast drinking tea! It would be shameful!”
He then concluded, “Wine is
necessary for the celebration.”
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