那住在我内，我也住在他内的，他就结许多的果实
福音：若十五1-8
那时，耶稣对祂的门徒们说：
“我是真葡萄树，我父是园丁。凡在我身上不结实的枝条，祂便剪掉；
凡结实的，祂就清理，使它结更多的果实；
你们因我对你们所讲的话，已是清洁的了。
你们住在我内，我也住在你们内。
正如枝条若不留在葡萄树上，凭自己不能结实；
你们若不住在我内，也一无所能。
我是葡萄树，你们是枝条；
那住在我内，我也住在他内的，他就结许多的果实，
因为离了我，你们什么也不能做。
谁若不住在我内，便仿佛枝条，丢在外面而枯干了，
人便把它拾起来，投入火中焚烧。
你们如果住在我内，而我的话也存在你们内，
如此，你们愿意什么，求罢！必给你们成就。
我父受光荣，即在于你们多结果实，如此你们就成为我的门徒。”
反省:
为了葡萄树长得更好，天父要修剪葡萄树的枝条。
我是怎么样的一根枝条呢？是多结果实的吗？结了什么果实呢？
或者是可有可无的枝条，几乎要被剪掉？
其实，感到自己不足是正常的，我们都是平凡的人，承认自己有过失，才
会谦卑地甘愿接受天主的“修剪”，以求进步。
剪下来的枝条无论被焚烧或腐烂，都化作肥料，为果树提供养份，因为我
们也在错误中取得经验和教训。只有那些自以为从不需要天主“修剪”的
信徒，才可能是被抛弃的枝条。
(提供／澳门乐仁出版社‧2014每日圣言)
NAB
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you.
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
unless it remains on the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,
because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me
will be thrown out like a branch and wither;
people will gather them and throw them into a fire
and they will be burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
By this is my Father glorified,
that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”