Are you born again? Has your life changed from your old self to a new self? In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us: "I tell you most solemnly, unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God." At baptism, we were transformed from our old identity, to a new identity filled with the Spirit and given new life.
However, some of us may be baptised and supposingly born again, but the way we live our lives do not seem to bear witness that we have really changed. Some of us continue to behave as we were before, doing things as we have been doing. Jesus reminds us in today's Gospel: "‘I tell you most solemnly, unless a man is born through water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God: what is born of the flesh is flesh; what is born of the Spirit is spirit." We may be born of the flesh, but have we really been born of the Spirit? Have we become witnesses and joyful proclaimers of the Good News, or have we been complacent and unappreciative of the gift God has given us? The greatest gift of all has been given to us; are we still looking elsewhere?
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