The Gospel in today's Mass is the first part of St John's account of the wonderful meeting between Jesus and Nicodemus. ChristianArt sent this interesting painting of the scene. Th egloomy tones evoke the nighttime when Nicodemus came, while a light from what looks like a grave points forward to his role in the burial on Good Friday. Jesus is shown very much as the teacher, with Nicodemus the Pharisee seated before him. We are to be born again of water and the Spirit, he learns, and God loved the world so much that He gave his only Son. There was a lot to take in during that night, but John says the dawn came...
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