March 21, 2010 Fifth Sunday of Lent
Sermon delivered at St. John the Evangelist, 10 am.
Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21; Ps. 125; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11
March 21, 2010 Fifth Sunday of Lent
Sermon delivered at St. John the Evangelist, 10 am.
Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21; Ps. 125; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11
I find it difficult to imagine that He Who transcends time and knows all would need to stall for time. We’ll never know what Jesus wrote, but I like a priest’s suggestion that perhaps He was writing names of people in the crowd, and perhaps some recent sins next to their names.
Well, he had to give the mob a chance to slink away. What better way than to just ignore them and scratch on the ground.
True, but did He not begin writing before uttering the challenge about those without sin?
In one version of the story, someone in the crowd threw a stone, at which point Jesus said, “Cut that out, Mother!”