Catholic Homilies By Fr Linus Clovis

Our Blessed Lord speaks to Nicodemus on that mysterious night about God’s love for the world. Nicodemus came looking for a teacher, but what he found was a Saviour. The Lord at this very first encounter, speaks about He’s passion. No one, He said, has gone up to Heaven, except the One who came down from Heaven. The Son of man who is in heaven, so He calls Himself the Son of Man. As the Son of man, He says, ‘The Son of man must be lifted up, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert.’ So that everyone who believes may have eternal life in Him. So the death of the Saviour, the Son of man, is going to be the means, the vehicle, by which we receive eternal life. But what is the reason for this great sacrifice, this great mystery? It is nothing other than God’s love, which the Lord continues to explain to Nicodemus. God loved the world so much, that He gave His only Son. There are two things that come out of this. That the world is good because God loved it or better still, God loves it. What is the world but