Wednesday of Week 2 of Eastertide - John 3: 16-21

Daily Gospel Exegesis

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

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John 3: 16-21 - 'God sent his Son into the world so that through him the world might be saved.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 219 (in 'God is love') - God's love for Israel is compared to a father's love for his son. His love for his people is stronger than a mother's for her children. God loves his people more than a bridegroom his beloved; his love will be victorious over even the worst infidelities and will extend to his most precious gift: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son."

- 444 (in 'The Only Son of God') - Jesus calls himself the "only Son of God", and by this title affirms his eternal pre-existence. He asks for faith in "the name of the only Son of God" (abbreviated).

- 458 (in 'Why did the Word become Flesh'?) - The Word became flesh so that thus we might know God's love: "In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him." "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

- 678-679 (in 'To Judge the Living and the Dead') - Following in the steps of the prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus announced the judgement of the Last Day in his preaching. Then will the conduct of each one and the secrets of hearts be brought to light. Then will the culpable unbelief that counted the offer of God's grace as nothing be condemned...Christ is Lord of eternal life. Full right to pass definitive judgement on the works and hearts of men belongs to him as redeemer of the world. He "acquired" this right by his cross. the Father has given "all judgement to the Son". Yet the Son did not come to judge, but to save and to give the life he has in himself. By rejecting grace in this life, one already judges oneself, receives according to one's works, and can even condemn oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of love (abbreviated).

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Gospel Exegesis podcast. Thank you again for tuning in.
0:19.2	This is the podcast where we look at the scripture readings,
0:23.3	particularly the gospel reading from today's mass, and we do an exegesis on the literal sense of
0:29.3	the text, which is what we're called to do as Catholics. This is the only podcast out there for Catholics,
0:34.4	which goes through systematically every single day, the gospel reading
0:38.2	from the day's Mass. I hope you're enjoying tuning in. Today we're looking at John chapter 3
0:43.7	verses 16 to 21, continuing where we were yesterday in the conversation with Nicodemus.
0:51.4	So let's start by reading the passage. Jesus said to Nicodemus, God loved the world
0:58.5	so much that he gave his only son so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost,
1:05.8	but may have eternal life. For God sent his son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through
1:13.3	him the world might be saved. No one who believes in him will be condemned, but whoever refuses
1:20.4	to believe is condemned already. Because he has refused to believe in the name of God's only son.
1:28.7	On these grounds is sentence pronounced,
1:32.0	that though the light has come into the world,
1:34.7	men have shown that they prefer darkness to the light
1:37.7	because their deeds were evil.
1:40.8	And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, for fear his actions should
1:47.5	be exposed.
1:49.4	But the man who lives by the truth comes out into the light so that it may be plainly seen
1:55.7	that what he does is done in God.
2:00.5	So a really famous passage here, John 316, Jesus has been having a conversation with Nicodemus
2:07.0	up till this point.
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