Jesus compares himself to a plant in the Gospel reading for Mass on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B. In fact, this Gospel comes from the night before he died, in the Last Supper Discourse, after he had spent much of the last week of his life comparing himself — and us — to plant life. After entering Jerusalem, he cursed a fig tree that was providing no fruit…
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