MacDonald: the Vine

Friday, February 4, 2022
    Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.”
    —John 15:5-6 (NIV)
Quotation:
    No worst thing ever done in the name of Christianity, no vilest corruption of the Church, can destroy the eternal fact that the core of it is the heart of Jesus. Branches innumerable may have to be lopped off and cast into the fire, yet the word “I am the Vine” remaineth.
    ... George MacDonald (1824-1905), Malcolm: a romance, Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott, 1875, p. 248 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 3:10; John 15:1-6; 2 Pet. 2:20; 1 John 2:19
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, may you yet reap fruit from my branch. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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