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This Trinity Sunday, two baptisms--one adult and one infant--help us reflect on the mysteries of being born of water and Spirit.

Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space telescope, and looking back over those years, it’s hard to exaggerate the importance this one scientific instrument has had in revealing the vast mysteries of the universe. Hubble’s photographs have captivated our imaginations and helped to confirm and to rewrite much of what we know about this universe in which we find ourselves.

But at least as important as Hubble’s discoveries, are the number of further questions Hubble has prompted and further mysteries it has set before us. German physicist Werner Heisenberg said the universe is "not only stranger than we think, but stranger than we can think."

The doctrine of the Trinity, suggests theologian Richard Rohrer, says much the same thing: That God is not only stranger than we think, but stranger than we can think.

Enter Nicodemus who, in today’s gospel, finds himself face to face with that very same reality: the unknowability of God.