5th Sunday Easter – Abiding In the True Vine (1)
What a rich proclamation: Jesus is the True Vine [otherwise rendered the Faithful Vine or the Holy Vine by the NRSV]. Jesus identifies himself as the New Israel. John 15:1–2 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that […]