I Am the True Vine (John 15, Ezekiel 15) | Orthodox Cross with Grape Vine | Photocopy Effect | Orthodox Christian Black MugI Am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15: 1 2 +++ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit

for He has prepared for them a city

they could neither identify what that “something better” is

let us ask Christ to give rest to the departed and to grant our souls great mercy

Could you not watch with Me one hour

and wounded

the speed of lightning

and is to come

But let us ask unceasingly with tears and prayers

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires

- The Gospel According to John 16:33

the earth quaked