By John McAuley, M.M. Sunday, April 28, 2024Acts 9:26-31 | 1 Jn 3:18-24 | Jn 15:1-8 Tragedy, destruction, dislocation, abandonment; all these are increasingly present realities in every corner of our world. And encountering them repeatedly on such a ubiquitous and large scale inures us to the suffering, injury, destruction, and death that they unfailingly invite and engender, and the evil they mask. The Scripture today bathes us with an image of life and meaningfulness and hopeful purpose so that we can once again fully recognize the evil intent and effect of its opposite. Jesus tells us that he is a vine, the vine, the good vine; a vine planted in the vineyard of the Lord. His stock is...
