He prunes every branch that does not bear fruit.
You are pruned already.
Maybe everything does not suit.
But we try to keep steady.

By means of the words he has spoken.
We make our home in him as he does in us.
These are truths not mere tokens.
Nothing is superfluous.

We must remain part of the vine .
There is no other way to bear fruit.
We start by having his bread and wine.
Thus we plan our route.

We do not wish to be the branch thrown away.
We just live from day to day.

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Are we the true branch
Will we always bear some fruit
Do we test in him

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See  John 15: 1-8

Do not let your hearts be troubled.

 
Who keeps my commandments loves me.
Anyone who loves me will be loved by my father.
This is our only plea .
To take us into love further.

He tells us, I shall love him.
And show myself to him.
To him, we offer up our hymn.
We hope this is no mere whim.

He says, Those who who do not love me.
Do not keep my words.
Can this I understand and see.
Or is all this just for the birds.

It’s really all so simple.
But we look for every wrinkle.

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Keep my commandments
He told us and he loves us
But it’s hard to do

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See John 14: 21-26

 
Now has the son of man been glorified.

They drew lots for them.
And the lot fell to Matthias.
How was the Kingdom to come.
Who was to say the mass.

We think success is down to us.
But it’s all the lottery of life.
Intelligence and luck is given to us.
So often it’s chance that’s rife.

Did God give us our talents.
Or did we make them for ourself.
It’s all in the balance.
But perhaps it’s down to himself .

Really we are all chosen by lot.
It’s all we’ve got.

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How do we succeed
Is it because of talents
Or maybe by lot

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See Acts1: 15-17, 20-26

Do not let your hearts be troubled.
Trust in God still and trust in me.
We lie in our dark  thoughts huddled.
But sheltered from gales in God’s lee.

We were in the college chapel praying.
In a meeting with the Society of Friends.
One said think of truth and love gathering.
Thus we calmly made amends.

Here I studied a painting of the Last Supper.
Strangely reassuring.
Did anything else matter.
In the meeting’s quiet, mesmerising.

He told us there are many rooms for you.
If not he would have told you.

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Why are we troubled
When he told us trust in him
And trust in God too

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See John 14: 1-6

 
That one is coming after me.

So will your ways be known upon earth.

 
I have told you but you do not believe.

I am the gate of the sheepfold.
All others who come are thieves and brigands.
We try to do what by our conscience we are told.
In the past and nearer in mindful lands.

He tells us  I am the gate.
Anyone who enters through me will be safe.
As we approach this gate will we be late.
At all these commands will our mind chafe.

To enter we must know ourself.
Be aware of our emotions and thought.
Study them , put them on a high shelf.
Lest  in an eternal suffering  cycle, we be caught.

The good shepherd is standing there.
Soon all will be so more clear.

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We see the sheepfold
But it is hard to enter
We all need a guide

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See John 10: 1-10

 
The sheep that belong to me.

 
What about you , do you want to go away too.

 
It was as though scales fell from Saul’s eyes.

Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.
And the bread that I shall give is my flesh.
Is this Eucharist the universal lever.
Expelling all impurity through a spiritual mesh.

We are a slave to our thoughts.
We should see them as what they are.
Just thoughts.
And be mindful that they need leave no scar.

If we focus on the present .
The eternal now.
This is what he meant.
Our thoughts need be neither high nor low.

Remember, he said no one can come to me.
Unless he is drawn by the father who sent me.

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A thought comes to mind
We just need to note it’s there
Not be affected

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See John 6 : 44-51

Let your face shine upon your servant.
Save me in your love.
Keep us fervent .
In all true love.

I try to be a Christian .
My wife is one .
I try to be selfless to any man
My wife is selfless to everyone.

I try to have faith.
My wife does have faith.
Mine vanishes like a wraith.
Hers is truly interfaith.

I try never to be angry.
Undeserved, she never is with me.

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What we ask is love
Respect and understanding
Are it’s foundation.

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See Psalm 30

I am in the Father.

Do not work for food that cannot last.
But for food that endures to eternal life.
Know that was is truly past.
Cut as it were with a knife.

What matters is what to do now.
Try to take the Eucharist every day.
Let us stick to our plough.
There is no more to say.

He went before us over the lake.
Why did we follow.
Was it for bread or for his sake.
Are our ambitions hollow.

What, we ask is eternal.
Only that which is spiritual.

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Athanasius
Sought only to prove this fact
Jesus is the one

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See John : 6 : 22- 29

They saw Jesus walking on the lake.

 
No one who believes in him will be condemned.

 
These sufferings bring patience.

Be calm but vigilant.
Because your enemy the devil is prowling around.
This not all  mythical cant.
But a dim  disturbing and distant sound.

I was feeling a little depressed.
Then I read these words travelling.
Maybe the devil did have me assessed.
It made me feel better in responding.

If the devil is there so is Jesus there.
We just need to turn to him.
His answer is so clear.
But below material horizon’s rim.

So we keep going
No point in complaining.

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Is the devil there
If so God is there as well
A comforting thought

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See 1 Peter 5: 5-14

 
The tomb the living did enclose.