In Rome, we are well familiar with the image of the vine and the branches at the Church of San Clemente. It is the image of the Cross of the Lord being the Tree of Life, which spools out into vine ...

The metaphor of the vine and the branches emphasizes the intimate union we have with Christ because of baptism, which makes us members of his body. He is the source of our life, and only if we ...

It’s the fifth Sunday of Easter and today’s gospel comes from John 15: 1-8 on the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ about the vine and the branches. This teaching is very agricultural because ...