In this week's edition of There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye, Jill
Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Fifth
Sunday in Lent. Listen:
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.”