I Am the True Vine (John 15, Ezekiel 15) | Orthodox Cross with Grape Vine | Photocopy Effect | Orthodox Christian Tank TopI Am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15: 1 2 +++ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang

turn ye even to me with all your heart

that they are filled with what will earn the wages of a good work

’ but ‘Redeemer

Young men and virgins

and in his own personal search for the Way of life of the early Church

and cast them into the fire

and the youngest in the house of my father

so let the demons perish from the presence of those who love God and who sign themselves with the Sign of the Cross and say with gladness:

“If the flesh is death

our whole life

which Christ will rule

I wish to wash away the record of my sins with tears