Gospel: John 8:1-11
Jesus went to the
Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people
started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and
the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her
stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the
very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such
women. So what do you say?” They said this to test him, so that they could have
some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the
ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up
and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to
throw a stone at her.” Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. And in
response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left
alone with the woman before him. Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman,
where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.” Then
Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”
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Reflection:
Are you a person who
easily judge without looking at yourself first if you deserve to give judgment?
Many of us like it very much to judge not knowing that when we judge we also
invite others to judge us. This is our weakness we are very quick to judge!
What influences us to judge and to give condemnation?
We are quick to
judge because we have a mindset of superiority and arrogance. This is what
compels us to quickly judge those who sin. Otherwise if we don’t have this
mindset of superiority we will not judge. We instead would give advice or give
counsel for this is the best remedy for those who sin.
Judgment or condemnation
will never heal a sinner it will even push a sinner deeper into sin until it
destroys him/her.
In the gospel the
woman caught committing adultery was very blessed because her accusers brought
her to Jesus. Otherwise if she was brought somewhere else she would have
immediately been killed by the arrogance of her accusers. But thanks God Jesus
was there to save her!
To whom do we bring ourselves to find shelter and solace when we are being condemned and judged by the worries of this world? –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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