“Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God. … He called His Disciples to Himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom He also named Apostles …
“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘When the Advocate comes Whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify to Me. … you also testify, because you have been …
Pope Francis, during his Regina Coeli address on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, preached on the Gospel from Mass, from Jesus’ Last Supper Discourses in the Gospel of John. Jesus is the Vine, and we …
“Jesus said to His Disciples: ‘I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vine Grower. … I AM the Vine, you are the Branches. Whoever remains in Me and I in him will Bear …
… “Jesus is the vine,” Pope Francis continued, “and through Him, the very love of God passes” to us “the branches”: “The branches are not self-sufficient, but depend totally on the vine, in which is …
In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that He is the true vine that God intended Israel to be—the source of divine life and wisdom for the nations (see Sirach 24:17-24). In baptism, each of us …
I must warn each of you about his vine: for who has never cut back everything that is superfluous in himself to the point of thinking that there is nothing more to cut? Believe me, …
