The Way # 701

Have you not heard the parable of the vine and the branches from the lips of the master?
Console yourself: He demands much of you, for you are the branch that bears fruit. And he must prune you, ut fructum plus afferas--"so that you'll yield more fruit."

Of course that cutting--that pruning--hurts. But, afterward, how luxuriant the growth, how fruitful your works!"

--Josemaria Escriva