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ST NICODEMUS - 3 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 3rd of August

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SAINT NICODEMUS

Saint Nicodemus was by sect a Pharisee, and passed for a master and doctor in Israel, even when he was ignorant of the truths of eternal life. He seems to have been a senator of Jerusalem; for he is called a Jewish chief. 

The Pharisees were in general, by their pride, the most opposite of all others to the humility of the gospel. 

ST NICODEMUS BELIEVED IN CHRIST

Saint Nicodemus was an exception, and believed in Christ. At first, something of a sacred opinion of his own wisdom and learning, which it is so hard and so rare a thing for men to be perfectly divested of, seems to have been an obstacle to his opening his heart perfectly to the grace of his conversion. 

THE MYSTERY OF REGENERATION BY BAPTISM

To humble him, Christ explained to him the mystery of regeneration by baptism, which Saint Nicodemus did not understand, though it was expressed in the prophets. Our merciful Redeemer reproached him for his ignorance. Saint Nicodemus, far from being offended at the reproof, received it with such humility, and was so confounded within himself, that perfecting these dispositions, Christ conducted him into the paths of true virtue. 

HE RETIRED TO HIS COUNTRY HOUSE

He returned to Jesus from time to time; defended him openly against the Pharisees,  assisted at his burial, and embalmed his sacred body with rich spices.  Having been turned out of the synagogue by the Jews for believing in Christ, he retired to Saint Gamaliel at his country house, and died there, as Saint Augustine and Photius testify from the Acts of the Invention of Saint Stephen's relics.

Source: Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Nicodemus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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