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 1  1   |              CHAPTER I~I AM THE VINE AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHES~
 2  1,8 |              The Mystery of the Vine ~8. The Sacred Scriptures
 3  1,8 | Scriptures use the image of the vine in various ways. In a particular
 4  1,8 |       In a particular case, the vine serves to express the Mystery
 5  1,8 | vineyard. Jesus says, "I am the vine, you are the branches" (
 6  1,8 | Testament used the image of the vine to describe the chosen people.
 7  1,8 |         people. Israel is God's vine, the Lord's own work, the
 8  1,8 |       have planted you a choice vine" (Jer 2:21); "Your mother
 9  1,8 |          Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted
10  1,8 |      takes up the symbol of the vine and uses it to illustrate
11  1,8 |     discover the mystery of the vine: it is the figure and symbol
12  1,8 |        Jesus himself. He is the vine and we, his disciples, are
13  1,8 |       branches. He is the "true vine", to which the branches
14  1,8 | proposes again the image of the vine and the branches: "Christ
15  1,8 |   branches: "Christ is the true vine who gives life and fruitfulness
16  1,8 |    Church herself, then, is the vine in the gospel. She is mystery
17  1,9 |    engrafted to Christ the true vine, and from him derive their
18  1,12|       unity in the image of the vine and the branches: "I am
19  1,12|         the branches: "I am the vine, you the branches" (Jn 15:
20  1,12|        are branches of a single vine.~
21  1,16|       Church: she is the choice vine, whose branches live and
22  1,17|         remaining united to the vine. "As the branch cannot bear
23  1,17|         unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless
24  1,17|       you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He
25  2   |        ALL BRANCHES OF A SINGLE VINE~The Participation of the
26  2,18|        of Jesus: "I am the true vine and my Father is the vinedresser...
27  2,18|       branches are one with the vine.~The communion of Christians
28  2,18|      Jesus continues: "I am the vine, you are the branches" (
29  2,18|        are branches of a single vine, namely, Christ. In this
30  2,19|       sheepfold, the flock, the vine, the spiritual building,
31  2,31|         Jesus' words: "I am the vine, you are the branches" (
32  3,32|       the biblical image of the vine and the branches, which
33  3,32|      and life. Engrafted to the vine and brought to life, the
34  3,39|         Church. Thus the mystic vine bears witness to its earnestness
35  3,39|      Saint Augustine: "But that vine, as predicted by the prophets
36  4,55|    branches of the one fruitful vine which is Christ.~All are
37  4,55|      the grapes of a productive vine, enriches Christian marriages"(
38  5,57|         The gospel image of the vine and the branches reveals
39  5,57|        Father takes care of his vine. God's solicitude is so
40  5,57|            have regard for this vine, / the stock which your
41  5,57|   Father's work: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
42  5,57|       remaining attached to the vine, which is Jesus Christ: "
43  5,59|        branch, engrafted to the vine which is Christ, bears its
44  5,64|  branches engrafted to the true vine,~called to bear much fruit~