ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 3rd of August WELCOME! 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 mercif...