DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Reality of Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus explained to Nicodemus that entry into God’s Kingdom is God’s gift of eternal life through Baptism of water in the Spirit. The human flesh without such divine gifts cannot gain eternal Salvation. Are we grateful to God for the gift of Eternal Salvation, won by Jesus Christ?
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
John 3:1-8
There was one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews, who came to Jesus by night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him.’
Jesus answered: ‘In all truth I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.’ Nicodemus said, ‘How can anyone who is already old be born? Is it possible to go back into the womb again and be born?’
Jesus replied: ‘In all truth I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born through water and the Spirit; what is born of human nature is human; what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be surprised when I say: You must be born from above. The wind blows where it pleases; you can hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.’