Homily for The Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 28, 2024
Here is an official invitation to get a spiritual tune-up. “Remain in me, as I remain in you. 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.” John 15:4 It is about daily life lived while being supernaturally grafted to Christ, the way a branch is naturally attached to its vine. Hence, we shall assess our spiritual condition in relation to Jesus as the Vine. The worst-case scenario is the one of those among us who are barely alive, who are on “spiritual life-support.” This can happen for t