The True Vine – Holy Fifty Days – Week 7, Day 1

Gospel Reading: John 15:1–8

Focus Verse: “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.” (John 15:1, NKJV)

Meditation

Christ is the Vine, and the Church is His vineyard. He gives us His life, and we grow only if we stay united to Him in the Church’s sacraments. Without Him, we wither.

Early Church Fathers’ Saying

“He became man, that in Him human nature might be the vine, and we who also are men might become branches thereof.”

— St. Augustine of Hippo

Practical Practice

In order to be a living branch, we must abide daily in His word and remain rooted in the Body of Christ, which is the Church, through the Holy Mysteries. Then—and only then—will we be able to bear lasting fruit.