SunStar
May 01, 2021
“I AM the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.” This is the central theme of this Sunday’s gospel in John 15:1-8.
When a person suffers from stroke, blood is prevented from reaching the brain, depriving it of much-needed oxygen and nutrients. When this happens, brain cells cannot survive; they die. When an electric bulb is cut from its power supply, electricity is stopped from flowing from the power source to the bulb itself. When this happens, the bulb ceases to emit light; it is turned off. In the same manner, any human being who is disconnected from the source of life loses his own life, and this source is no other than the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Jesus tells us, “Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out l ....