It is now the sixth Sunday of Easter and today's gospel reading is a continuation of last Sunday's from John 15: 1-8 on the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ about the vine and the branches. Our ...

Last Sunday’s Gospel presented Jesus as “the Good Shepherd.” This Sunday’s Gospel (John 15:1-8) presents Jesus in a more abstract fashion, as “the True Vine.” That concept should not, however, be ...

In the 15th chapter of the Gospel of John, Jesus tells his followers how they can better understand their relationship with him. He says, "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and ...

At the Regina Caeli Francis reflects on the Gospel passage of the Last Supper, when Christ knows that death is drawing near: "to impress firmly in their minds a fundamental truth: even when He will no ...