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. ‘How is that possible?’ asked Nicodemus. Jesus replied, ‘You are the Teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things! ‘In all truth I tell you, we speak only about what we know and witness only to what we have seen and yet you people reject our evidence. If you do not believe me when I speak to you about earthly things, how will you believe me when I speak to you about heavenly things? No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of man; as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.
The Saint of the day: St Demitrius
La tistagħġibx jekk jiena għedtlek li jeħtiġilkom titwieldu mill-ġdid. Ir-riħ fejn irid jonfoħ; tisma’ ħossu, imma ma tafx mnejn hu ġej jew fejn hu sejjer. Hekk jiġri minn kull min jitwieled mill-Ispirtu.” “Kif qatt jista’ jkun dan?” raġa’ qallu Nikodemu. U Ġesù qallu: “Inti mgħallem f’Iżrael u dan ma tafux? Tassew tassew ngħidlek li aħna qegħdin nitħaddtu fuq dak li nafu, u qegħdin nagħtu xhieda ta’ dak li rajna, imma x-xhieda tagħna ma tilqgħuhiex. Jekk intom ma temmnux meta nitkellem magħkom fuq il-ħwejjeġ ta’ l-art, kif sejrin temmnu meta nkellimkom fuq il-ħwejjeġ tas-sema? Ħadd ma tela’ s-sema ħlief Bin il-bniedem, li niżel mis-sema. U kif Mosè rafa’ s-serp fid-deżert, hekk jeħtieġ li jkun merfugħ Bin il-bniedem, biex kull min jemmen fih ikollu l-ħajja ta’ dejjem.
Il-Qaddis tal-jum : San Demetriju