Monday,
March 18th
St. Cyril
of Jerusalem
1 John
5:1-5. John 15:1-8
‘Before Abraham was, I am’.
Such were My words spoken in My
incarnate life when challenged regarding
My divinity, and such is the truth
for all the sons and daughters of
the Father’s love: And such
is the reality experienced by all
who receive the Father’s Word
in faith and trust and absolute
self-giving. It is written in the
Scriptures ‘faith is the assurance
of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen’ (Hebrews
11:1).
But they are seen by those who
have the eye of faith given by the
Father to the faithful and the true
of heart who respond to the Father’s
word led and guided by Our Holy
Spirit. All who are in Me are in
the Father too for so the Father
has appointed. I am the vine, you
are the branches : I speak to every
one of he Father’s beloved
sons and daughters. I am the true
vine and My Father is the vinedresser..…..every
branch that bears fruit He prunes.
As you remain in Me and I in you
so will the Father’s will
be done in you: it is to the glory
of the Father that you should bear
much fruit and then you will be
My disciples’ (John 15)