The True Vine
The
True Vine, therefore, symbolizes Jesus, the God-Man, our union with him
and our dependence on him. The writers of the Old Testament saw in the vine
a fitting symbol of Land. There it took root, spread rapidly, and filled
the land. In the end. however, the Divine Husbandman was disappointed in
his vine: " I planted you a choice vine, a wild plant ?" By being
planted into his Death and Resurrection in Baptism, and nourished by the
body of the Risen Saviour in the Holy Eucharist, we live in an organic union
with Christ.
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