APRIL 28 - THE GOSPEL breski1 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15,1-8. Jesus said to his disciples: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch …More
APRIL 28 - THE GOSPEL
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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15,1-8.
Jesus said to his disciples: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."
Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB
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Blessed Columba Marmion (1858-1923)
Abbot
Christ model and source of priestly sanctity p.52
I am the vine, you are the branches (Jn 15:5)
Jesus Himself has willed to confirm by a comparison our faith in His sanctifying influence: "I am the vine," He said "You are the branches" (Jn 15:5). The branches have life, but they do not themselves provide the sap which nourishes them. They are constantly drawing their vitality from the sap which comes from the parent stem. So it is for the members of Christ: their good actions, their practice of the virtues, their spiritual progress, their sanctity, belong to them certainly; but it is the sap of grace coming from Christ which produces these wonders in them. "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in me;" (Jn 15;4)
In Jesus everything radiates life: His words, His actions, the different phases of His life. All the mysteries of His life on earth, those of His childhood, as well as those of His death, possess an ever efficacious power of sanctification. In Him the past is not effaced: "Christ dieth no more: death shall no more have dominion over Him." (Rm 6:9) He never ceases to pour into our souls His supernatural life. But too often our inattention or lack of faith paralyzes the effects of His action in our souls. For us to live is to possess sanctifying grace; to make our thoughts, our affections, and all our activity emmanate from Christ.
breski1
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15,1-8.
Jesus said to his disciples: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."
Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB
Share the Gospel on Facebook
Blessed Columba Marmion (1858-1923)
Abbot
Christ model and source of priestly sanctity p.52
I am the vine, you are the branches (Jn 15:5)
Jesus Himself has willed to confirm by a comparison our faith in His sanctifying influence: "I am the vine," He said "You are the branches" (Jn 15:5). The branches have life, but they do not themselves provide the sap which nourishes them. They are constantly drawing their vitality from the sap which comes from the parent stem. So it is for the members of Christ: their good actions, their practice of the virtues, their spiritual progress, their sanctity, belong to them certainly; but it is the sap of grace coming from Christ which produces these wonders in them. "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in me;" (Jn 15;4)
In Jesus everything radiates life: His words, His actions, the different phases of His life. All the mysteries of His life on earth, those of His childhood, as well as those of His death, possess an ever efficacious power of sanctification. In Him the past is not effaced: "Christ dieth no more: death shall no more have dominion over Him." (Rm 6:9) He never ceases to pour into our souls His supernatural life. But too often our inattention or lack of faith paralyzes the effects of His action in our souls. For us to live is to possess sanctifying grace; to make our thoughts, our affections, and all our activity emmanate from Christ.