Now Gabriel was dreaming again. He was in a busy city again. He set off early and parked his car because in a nearby shop was something of great value. For free, he could have a book which introduced a text in English and another language so skilfully, it seemed, that he could have learned it effortlessly.

But the only book left was torn and marked and did not seem to work as well as the others. This saddened Gabriel because he always wanted to be skilled in foreign languages. To his horror, when he left the shop, his car was gone – she space obvious and bare. It had been towed off to the car pound. There was no alternative but to go home and admit defeat and heavy expense.

And then he woke.

To his great relief it was all a dream. The car was not lost! A way out of the dilemma had been found totally unexpectedly.

And he thought upon today’s reading about the wedding feast at Cana:

Fill the jars with water… Draw some out… The steward tasted the water and it had turned into wine.

(John 2:1-11)