I believe that some of our brothers can still be found alive today who listened with me to our blessed father and teacher [St Bernard] praise the nobility of silence, one of her greatest gifts, in Mary, mother of God, and greatest of all women. In all the holy gospels we find her words a mere seven times. Many times did she ponder in her heart, but seldom did she speak. ….
As the mother of mercy at a wedding in Galilee, she pitied the couple’s embarrassment and simply suggested to her son, ‘They have no wine.’ She was content to mention the need for kindness to the One who understands the needy and the poor. The last words of the Virgin in the gospels were addressed to the servants at the wedding. She advised them to keep and to do whatever the Lord might tell them, if he should say something. Excuse me from further explanation, [she said] because he of whom it was written, ‘The voice of the Lord is over the waters, the God of majesty thunders,’ meets every need. ‘Listen to him!’ That word had its effect among those servants. When they drew water at the Saviour’s command, those who were complaining of the lack of wine filled water in place of wine jars, preparing baths in place of drinks. Yet they had not yet tested the power of the one giving the command, for this was the first of his signs.
Geoffrey of Auxerre, On the Apocalypse, Sermon Fourteen (CF 42, pages 145, 146)