The image of branches helps believers understand that they are all diverse as individuals, but brought together in the one Vine, who is Christ alive in the Church. This resource for abiding in his love is endless. In return, humanity is repeatedly raised from sin to justification by the love of Christ, the only Son of God, one with the Father and the Spirit through all the ages. Jesus the man is lovingly begotten into human society by the love God has for all human beings, through the cooperation of a human woman, the Virgin Mary. Jesus manifests this in his references to loving one another: “Abide in my love.” This love of Christ figuratively speaking is akin to the healthy sap that nourishes the vine throughout all its branches. If we abide in him, in Jesus and the Covenant made in his precious blood, we will be such a healthy branch as to bear much fruit, abundant grapes. Here, Jesus reminds his disciples that he is the vine and we are the branches. You shall bear much fruit" from the Gospel of John, chapter 15, expresses the Grandchamp Community’s vocation to prayer, reconciliation and unity in the Church and the human family. The community continues to welcome guests and retreatants for periods of retreat, silence, healing or in search of meaning. The community, founded in the 1930s where a group of Reformed women, searching for a place to pray in solitude in imitation of Jesus Christ, repeatedly gathered and drew a growing group of guests that necessitated a permanent presence. The theme for 2021 was chosen by the Monastic Community of Grandchamp located near Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland. Click here to see how the USCCB Celebrates the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2021!
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