I Am the True Vine (John 15:1) | Orthodox Cross Vine Monogram | Red and Black Floral Design | Orthodox Christian Cotton Canvas Tote BagI am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in

even so in Christ shall all be made alive

if we have not obtained the necessities for the journey

” Since we do not know the time of our coming death and we cannot work after death

whose sayings are as stones

to enter the place where joy is unending

And as a sheep before its shearers is silent

in true righteousness and holiness

The Evangelist Matthew writes that the women came to the grave at dawn

will see God

He is fully prepared to meet death so that this can be accomplished

Mother of God

Twisting on racks when sinews give way