Can you, or can't you? Nicodemus wants to know what he can do to gain the Kingdom of God, and Jesus tells him he can't....he needs to Spirit in order to receive it.
Continuing on the themes from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Fr. Steve Engstrom explains that the hard sayings of Jesus are meant to identify behaviors that keep us receiving the liberating life of Jesus.
From the story of Sts Simeon & Anna, Fr. Steve explains how God met Mary & Joseph at a critical moment and how he used Simeon and Anna to encourage them and prepare them for what was to come.
The desert is a place of transition, and Jesus' baptism reminds us that we all need to be renewed in our conscience--and sometimes that means going outside the confines of our daily lives to do just that.
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