Today's gospel is a mini-doctoral thesis on the New Testament. In it the
scribes and Pharisees bring a woman caught in adultery. The Mosaic Law
prescribes her death. What, they ask, should we do? This is man at his
most officious and cynical. The scribes and Pharisees care nothing for
this woman. Nothing. They do not care that she has sinned nor that she
has been caught. Her ruination is meaningless to them. She is nothing
other than a means to an end.
Christ is their antithesis. He substitutes the spirit for the letter of the law, forgiveness for judgment. He rescues her dignity.
When it is over it is just Him and her.
Christ is their antithesis. He substitutes the spirit for the letter of the law, forgiveness for judgment. He rescues her dignity.
When it is over it is just Him and her.
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