{"id":3829,"date":"2018-04-29T01:55:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T05:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2018-04-30T02:11:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T06:11:05","slug":"catholic-faithwatch-jesus-is-the-vine-we-are-the-branches-pope-benedict-xvi-fifth-sunday-of-easter-regina-caeli-2012-vaticanva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/catholic-faithwatch-jesus-is-the-vine-we-are-the-branches-pope-benedict-xvi-fifth-sunday-of-easter-regina-caeli-2012-vaticanva\/","title":{"rendered":"CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: &#8220;[Jesus is the Vine, We Are the Branches;] Pope Benedict XVI, Fifth Sunday of Easter, Regina Caeli 2012&#8221; &#8211; VaticanVa"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230; Jesus said to His Disciples, &#8216;I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser&#8217; &#8230; The True Vine of God, True Life, is Jesus who with His Sacrifice of Love gives us Salvation, opens to us the way to be part of this vine. &#8230; as Jesus remains in the Love of God the Father, the Disciples too, wisely pruned by the Word of the Master &#8230; if they remain profoundly united in Him &#8230; become Fruitful Branches that bear an abundant Harvest. St <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-361 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Pope-Benedict-waving-e1500250910808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"171\" \/>Francis de Sales wrote: &#8216;The vine-sprig, united and joined to the stock, brings forth fruit not by its own power but in virtue of the stock. &#8230; we are united by charity unto our Redeemer as members to their head, and hence it is that &#8230; good works, drawing their worth from Him, merit Life Everlasting\u201d (Treatise on the love of God, XI, 6). * * * &#8230; each one of us is like a branch that only lives if its union with the Lord grows every day in prayer, in participation in the Sacraments and in charity. &#8230; Let us pray to the Mother of God that &#8230; all our actions may have their beginning and end in [Jesus].&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><em><a href=\"https:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/angelus\/2012\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_reg_20120506.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for: &#8220;Pope Benedict XVI, Fifth Sunday of Easter, Regina Caeli 2012&#8221; &#8211; VaticanVa<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-408 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vatican-river-1000-cropped-e1485755660653.jpg\" alt=\"View of St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican from River\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vatican-river-1000-cropped-e1485755660653.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vatican-river-1000-cropped-e1485755660653-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/vatican-river-1000-cropped-e1485755660653-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230; Jesus said to His Disciples, &#8216;I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser&#8217; 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