Our Gospel parable is so familiar. We hear it early in childhood. Yet this year, language often heard resonated with new meaning ~ Remain in me, as I remain in you. How encouraging! to have this invitation to “remain” in the Beloved, to be able to take in both His Words and His Body, and to know that they remain in me. Milagro! What a marvelous miracle we share in! We are all invited to remain in Him – we all remain together. Our Vine nourishes us, holds us up, keeps us as one.