It’s Time for Some Pruning - Bishop Barrons Sunday Sermon [gW4DPi7upmD]
Friends, the Lord Jesus Christ is not a teacher from a distant age, not someone from long ago we remember fondly, not a moral exemplar; rather, he is a field of force. We don’t just listen to him or imitate him; we live in him. Our Gospel for this Fifth Sunday of Easter gives us one of the most beautiful and powerful images for this truth: Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. But there is a dark side to this wonderful organic imagery: the Father is the vine grower, and he is going to prune away all that is in us that is preventing the life of Christ from manifesting itself. Mass Readings: Reading 1 - Acts 9:26-31 Psalm - Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 Reading 2 - 1 Jn 3:18-24 Gospel - Jn 15:1-8 ———VIDEO LINKS——— Quod Scripsi, Scripsi: Ep. 21 | The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful — Joseph Pearce: Get a Master’s Degree from the Word on Fire Institute: ———WATCH——— Subscribe to this Channel: Word on Fire Institute Channel: Word on Fire en Español Channel: ———WORD ON FIRE——— Word on Fire: Word on Fire Español: FREE Daily Gospel Reflections (English or Español): ———WORD ON FIRE INSTITUTE——— Join Bishop Barron and over 20,000 evangelists inside the Word on Fire Institute at ———SOCIAL MEDIA——— Bishop Barron Instagram: Bishop Barron Facebook: Bishop Barron Twitter: Word on Fire Instagram: Word on Fire Facebook: Word on Fire Twitter: Word on Fire en Español Instagram: Word on Fire en Español Facebook: Word on Fire en Español Twitter: ———SUPPORT WORD ON FIRE——— Help Bishop Barron continue to produce videos like this: Word on Fire Store: