The “Stabat Mater” by Pergolesi asks that our heart burns before the

Death of Jesus

IV Lent B 2009

The Gospel of John begins with the The Gospel of John begins with the subject of NEWNESSsubject of NEWNESS

4th4th SUNDAY SUNDAY Expelling the salesmen, Jesus promises a Expelling the salesmen, Jesus promises a

NEW Temple (last Sunday)NEW Temple (last Sunday)Speaking to Nicodemus, he invites TO BE Speaking to Nicodemus, he invites TO BE

BORN from Above (today)BORN from Above (today)

Jerusalem at night

Below, old wallsBelow, old walls

By nightfall, Nicodemus decides to go and find Jesus. And Night becomes Day

Jn 3:14-21 Jn 3:14-21 Jesus said Jesus said to to Nicodemus Nicodemus

Do you practice the Spirit of the Law?

Nicodemus is an old teacher Nicodemus is an old teacher that knows the lyrics of the Lawthat knows the lyrics of the Law

As Moses lifted up As Moses lifted up the serpent in the the serpent in the wilderness, so wilderness, so must the Son of must the Son of Man be lifted up, Man be lifted up, that whoever that whoever believes in him believes in him may have eternal may have eternal life."life."

“Lord, now truly you can look at mesince that in the Cross you have looked and left in me grace and beauty” (Canticle of Juan de la Cruz)

Your Your elevation is elevation is eternal LIFEeternal LIFE

Serpent of the desert that cures those that

watch it (Num 21:9)

"For God so loved "For God so loved the world, that he the world, that he gave his only Son, gave his only Son, that whoever that whoever believes in him believes in him should not perish should not perish but have eternal but have eternal life. life.

Will you love the “final man”, when all races are mixed? Teilhard de Chardin

Before LOVE all walls fallBefore LOVE all walls fall

For God did not For God did not send his Son into send his Son into the world to the world to condemn the condemn the world, but in order world, but in order that the world that the world might be saved might be saved through him. through him.

You save You save the world the world with our with our handshands

Why do you put resistance?

Whoever believes Whoever believes in him is not in him is not condemned, but condemned, but whoever does not whoever does not believe is believe is condemned condemned already, because already, because he has not believed he has not believed in the name of the in the name of the only Son of God.only Son of God.

If you If you believe i the believe i the World World you you will make it will make it

be born be born AGAINAGAIN

Don’t you know He is the Only Don’t you know He is the Only Child?Child?

And this is the And this is the judgment: the light judgment: the light has come into the has come into the world, and people world, and people loved the darkness loved the darkness rather than the rather than the light because their light because their deeds were evil.deeds were evil.

You have You have transformed transformed

the world into the world into a tunnel a tunnel

without exitwithout exit

Why do you prefer darkness to transparency?

For everyone who does For everyone who does wicked things hates the wicked things hates the light and does not come to light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But should be exposed. But whoever does what is true whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been his deeds have been carried out in God."carried out in God."

If you look for If you look for the LIGHT of the LIGHT of

some works in some works in agreement agreement

with the with the Truth…Truth…

The World will recover the Glow

Lord Jesus, grant that

FAITH in the Beautiful and Good, opens us trustingly to the LOVE that God has

for this world