A time of Lexio devena for the discerning heart.

Monday of the second week in Easter.

As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly.

For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of you. You take over.

become aware that he is with you,

looking upon you with love, wanting to be heard deep within your heart.

A reading from the Holy Gospel, according to John, chapter 3 verses 1 through 8.

There was one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leading Jew, who came to Jesus by night and said,

Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who comes from God, for no one could perform the signs that

you do unless God were with Him.

Jesus answered, I tell you most solemnly, unless the man is born from above, he cannot

see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus said, How can a grown man be born? Can he go back into his mother's womb and be

born again? Jesus replied, I tell you most solemnly, unless a man is born through the 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. Do not be surprised

when I say you must be born from above. The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear it sound,

but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. That is how it is with all who are born of the Spirit. What word made this passage come alive for you.

What did you sense the Lord saying to you? What did you sense the Lord an opportunity to speak to you.

There is one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leading Jew, who came to Jesus by night and

said, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who comes from God, for no one could perform the

signs that you do unless God were with him. Jesus answered, I tell you most solemnly, unless a man is born from above,

he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said, how can a grown man be born? Can he go back into

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