“No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.” (John 3:5)

These holy words can also explain the image of Jesus when he revealed himself to Saint Faustina: a white and red light is radiated out from the sacred Heart of Jesus.

White light symbolizes water, purification while red light symbolizes blood, the Holy Spirit and sacrifice.

The risen Jesus sent his Apostles to go and preach to all nations, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:19)

Jesus revealed himself to his disciples in Jerusalem, “(Jesus) said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.” (John 20:21-23)

Therefore, we can easily understand the conversation which Jesus spoke to Nicodemus, “No one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” “No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.”

During baptism, the Holy Spirit has already renewed our soul though we may not have transformed ourselves physically. As a result of the Eucharist, we now have a greater sense towards the words of God and continue to share the divine life.

When we lack strong spiritual sense, due to “our heart” remaining not fully opened as opposed to the absence of the Holy Sprit, we have not fully understood how God loves us and be unable to understand the value of pain on us. Therefore, Jesus continued to say, “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” (John 3:14-15)

The cross is a symbol of God’s love and also the way for us to reciprocate our love to God.