Branches of Christ

Each of us is like a branch which lives only if it grows every day through prayer and participation in the Sacraments, through charity and union with the Lord. Those who love Christ, the true vine, produce fruits of faith for an abundant spiritual harvest.
Pope Benedict XVI, May 6, 2012

Branches
Jesus said, "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."Without Christ, we can do nothing.

Growth through prayer and sacraments
Growth through our relationship with God, the source of all being. Prayer in all things. Even the simple alleluia will do. Sacraments. The need of a visible sign of an invisible reality in our lives are stronger than ever. We want something concrete to grasp the reality of faith. That is where sacraments upholds us.

Growth through charity and union with the Lord
Charity, the greatest of all virtue. To be in charity means to care with what matters to others. Union with the Lord. To say like Mary says, "let it be done to me according to Thy words." To mean what we pray in the our Father, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done."

Those who love Christ...produce fruits of faith for an abundant spiritual harvest.
What's the fruits of our faith? St. Paul says to the Galatians church that the fruit of the spirit is "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law." Let the fruit be abundant in our lives, so that we can share it with others who are along the way to Heaven as well.