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What was Jesus writing on the ground? Was he doodling; giving himself time to think, so not to respond in anger to the Pharisees? Was he listing the sins of Pharisees, he would have known them well? Perhaps he was tracing in the dirt one of his more notable saying: \u201cWhy do you notice the splinter in your brother\u2019s eye, but not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye\u201d Matt.7:3. We will never know, but his taking the time to write on the ground shows Jesus to be patient man, which is a good thing for all of us.<\/p>\n
We are too quick to notice the sins of others and too slow to recognize our own. The season of Lent is a gift from our patient Lord, giving us one more opportunity to turn our condemning eyes away from others and towards ourselves. The point in today\u2019s Gospel isn\u2019t that the woman didn\u2019t sin, its that the Pharisees didn\u2019t see that they had. Not seeing their own sinfulness, they didn\u2019t see their need for forgiveness, and if they didn\u2019t need forgiveness, they didn\u2019t need Jesus. The woman knew she had sinned, she knew her need for forgiveness, and she knew her need for Jesus. How wonderful the words of Jesus must have sounded in her ears. \u201cNeither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lent is quickly coming to its end, but there is still time for us to drop the stones we carry ready to throw at those we condemn.
\nIf we don\u2019t drop them, we will only be stoning ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Let us Pray,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
O God, by whose wondrous grace
\nwe are enriched with every blessing,
\ngrant us so to pass from former ways to newness of life,
\nthat we may be made ready for the glory of the heavenly Kingdom.
\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\none God, for ever and ever.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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