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Today's Gospel in Art - I am the true vine

  • Patrick van der Vorst

I am the True Vine, XII century apse mosaic above the high altar, 12th century, With inscription: ECCLESIAM CRISTI VITI SIMILABIMUS ISTI

I am the True Vine, XII century apse mosaic above the high altar, 12th century, With inscription: ECCLESIAM CRISTI VITI SIMILABIMUS ISTI

23rd July 2019 - John 15: 1-8

Jesus said to his disciples: 'I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more.

You are pruned already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you. Make your home in me, as I make mine in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, but must remain part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is like a branch that has been thrown away - he withers; these branches are collected and thrown on the fire, and they are burnt. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask what you will and you shall get it. It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit, and then you will be my disciples.'

Reflection

This mosaic was completed during the 12th century in the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano in Rome (Pope Saint Clement was the third pope after Saint Peter).

To read on see: www.christianart.today/daily-gospel-reading/120

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