On Grapes and Vines (Remaining in Jesus)

Father Matthew Wiering Podcast

English - April 29, 2024 00:51 - 12 minutes - 6.28 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
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Today we celebrate the 1st Communion of a number of our young people, and we have the perfect Gospel to prepare us for this gift. Jesus gives us the very familiar biblical images of grapes and vines, which tell us so much about how we must live in imitation of Jesus (by being willing to be crushed like grapes) and how we have the strength to do this (by remaining on the vine that is Jesus).