Tagged: vine and branches

The Feet Washing: How God gave his mercy through me

Featured on CatholicMom.com In How God’s mercy gives us second chances, I wrote how reviewing my journals helps me recognize my mistakes and how God’s mercy works in healing my past. A lot of my sinful behavior was directed toward my older sister—and with good reason! But are those reasons still valid? We are no...

Friar’s Corner: Growing from Christ our vine

Friar’s Corner: Growing from Christ our vine

Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22:26-28, 30-32; I John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 The Easter message of life in the risen Jesus continues in today’s gospel in another famous "I am" statement, the vine and the branches. Apart from Jesus, there can be no Spirit-life for his disciples. The second reading, from St. John’s first letter, reminds us...