Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Gospel
Jn 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 any more."

Fifth Week na. Malapit na talaga. Pinapaalala ng pagbasa ngayon na bago maging mabuting lingkod ang isang tao may pinagdaanan munang kasalanan. Maraming mga alagad ni HEsus ang galing sa pagkakasala bago sumunod sa kanya. Mayroong madadayang tax collector, mayayamang hindi nagbabahagi at marami pang iba. Isa rin sa kanila ang babaeng nagkasala. May mga alagad din namang likas na mababait at lalo pang naging mabait nong sumunod na kay Hesus. Maibibilang ako sa mga tagasunod na makasalanan. Gaya nga ng sinasabi sobrang pasaway ako dati. Ang mabuti lang ay marunong akong makonsensya kaya sa pamamagitan ng paggawa ng kabutihan pinipilit kong bawiin ang mga mali ko. Isa pang point ay huwag tayong manghuhusga ng kapwa dahil mismong si Kristo na may karapatang manghusga ay hindi rin dumampot ng bato…