Fr. Funston’s sermon for Sunday, March 16, Lent 2, “Break the Chains,” is now available on his blog:
Nicodemus, a Pharisee of the Sanhedrin, who has come to Jesus professing his great admiration and respect, cannot accept what Jesus tells him about spiritual rebirth and the Spirit of God; he asks, “How can these things be?” In Jesus’ response, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?” I almost hear in that response the refrain from Fleetwood Mac’s song The Chain, “Damn your love, damn your lies!”