I Am the True Vine (John 15, Ezekiel 15) | Orthodox Cross with Grape Vine | Photocopy Effect | Orthodox Christian Tote BagI Am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15: 1 2 +++ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang

even a smile

May the all-compassionate God be merciful to my wretched soul

And you shall know that I am the Lord

they say to one another: “It is right

When humans looked up at the sky in ancient and medieval times

And when all things shall be subdued unto Him

make haste to emulate him

are drunk at night

is now come

St Paul was the noblest of men and the most outstanding example of the nobility of human nature and of its possibilities for virtue

Greater love has no man than this

and he will dwell with them