“I am the vine, and you are its branches. He who is in me, and I in him, will bear fruit abundantly; but apart from me you will not grow. for you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
This verse is Gospel of John, one of the four gospel stories in the New Testament. The exact author of this Gospel is unknown, but it is most commonly attributed to the Apostle John, says the website Catholic Answers.
The lesson of this scripture is that South Carolina-based Fr. Jeffrey Kirby told Fox News Digital that Christians need to “cling to the risen Christ and rely on his grace.”
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Kirby is the host of the daily devotional podcast “Morning Offering with Father Kirby” and pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Indian Land, South Carolina.
Easter Sunday is just one day, but in Christian tradition, the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection is “not just one day, but the entire season from Easter Sunday to Pentecost,” Kirby said.
“The resurrection is a symbol of humanity’s eternal hope,” the priest said. Jeffrey Kirby of South Carolina told Fox News Digital. (iStock/Father Jeffrey Kirby)
He said: “The Resurrection is a symbol of humanity’s eternal hope, calling us to look beyond the decay and suffering of a fallen world and glimpse eternity.”
The Lord Jesus rose from the dead on the third day, inviting us all to come out of the grave and into new life.
With Christ’s resurrection, “darkness disappears, our wounds are healed, and the kingdom of heaven is revealed to us,” Kirby said.
He said the Resurrection was the greatest event in human history, and that the glory of the Resurrection “gives mankind power, rebirth, and an eternal hope that transcends ourselves.”
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When Jesus left the tomb on the first Sunday of Easter, he said, “Jesus calls each of us from various places of spiritual death that seek to overwhelm us with disappointment, desolation, and despair.” ” Kirby said.
“The Lord Jesus, who rose from the dead on the third day, calls us all out of the grave and into new life.”
“Jesus brings us all out of the grave and into a new life,” the priest said. KIRBY, S.C. — It’s an invitation to move on from selfish ways. (St. Petersburg)
If humanity decides to leave the proverbial grave but remains as selfish as ever, “we will not fit in with the Risen Lord,” Kirby said.
Instead, “the Risen Christ calls us to bear spiritual fruit by walking a path of love and joyful service.” This cannot happen with a “self-centered and self-centered mind.”
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“If we are to excel in sharing loving-kindness with others and rendering tender service to those around us, we must leave these graves of darkness.” the priest spoke.
“If you remain in the grave, you cannot bear the spiritual fruit of God.”
“The Risen Lord is the vine and we are the branches,” the faith leader said. (St. Petersburg)
Following the Lord in this day and age is a “huge challenge,” Kirby told FOX News Digital.
“Our souls have been infiltrated by the self-centered spirit of our time…We are told to falsely believe that we are at the center of the world,” he added.
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However, this way of life is “deeply inconsistent with the best way of love that the risen Christ has given us. It is incompatible with the glory of the resurrection.”
“It is a heavy, soul-crushing burden to carry. It is empty and devoid of any goodness. It robs our lives of their deepest meaning, value, and ultimate purpose. . Selfishness only leads to misery and self-loathing.”
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Humanity is not selfish, Kirby said.
Rather, “we were created by love and for love, and we are called to selflessly give that love to others.”
Furthermore, “The Risen Lord is the vine, and we are the branches.”
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