This is American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner’s depiction of Nicodemus meeting Jesus at night on a rooftop in Jerusalem. Tanner lived from 1859-1937. (Courtesy Photo) Told in the Gospel of John, the ...

The man named Nicodemus appears only three times in the New Testament. Each occasion reveals his progress in his relationship with Jesus − from an inquirer to a convert to a devoted disciple.

But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.' Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said ...

As noted last Sunday, the Church offers two possible Gospels for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent. That’s because, although the Sunday readings are on a three-year cycle, the “scrutiny” ...

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"Unless you are born again from above you cannot see the Kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Acts 4:23-31; Jn 3:1-8 Early in the Easter season, we go from the climactic final chapter of John’s Gospel back to ...