'Sin no more'!(The Word)(Lent)

Fifth Sunday of Lent (C), March 28, 2004

Readings: Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11

"I am doing something new" (Is 43:19)

THE STORY OF THE WOMAN taken in adultery raises several questions, not the least of which is, how does a person commit adultery alone? The fact that only the woman was apprehended is an example of the gender bias of Jesus' adversaries. The compassion of Jesus toward this endangered woman is an example of his disregard for such biases.

It is probably not by accident that the ...