READINGS:

1 R : Dan 13  :1 - 9, 15 - 17, 19 - 30, 33 - 62.
Ps   22 : 1 - 3a, 3b - 4, 5, 6.
Gos :  Jn 8 :1 - 12.

FROM THE WELL ELABORATED FIRST READING TWO TRUTHS STAND OUT VERY CLEARLY.

1. THE ' JUST ' GOD NEVER LETS DOWN THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM AND DO THE RIGHT THING. GOD SENDS PROPHET DANIEL TO SAVE THE LIFE OF SUSANNA FROM THE EVIL DESIGNS OF THE UNJUST JUDGES. FROM THIS WE HAVE TO LEARN AN IMPORTANT LESSON :  NOT TO SIMPLY ACCUSE AND CONCLUDE BY EARSAY. EVERY WITNESS NEEDS TO BE PUT TO THE STRICTEST POSSIBLE SCRUTINY BEFORE ACCEPTING IT. THIS IS ALL THE MORE TRUE IN SO CALLED ' SENSATIONAL '  CASES.

2.  THE COURAGE OF SUSANNA:
    THE BOLD WOMAN FROM JUDAH, WIFE OF JOVAKIM, DESPITE HER ' BEING TRAPPED ' CIRCUMSTANCES DECIDES TO DO WHAT GOD'S COMMANDMENT DEMANDS AND DOES NOT YIELD TO EVIL MACHINATIONS TO SAVE HERSELF. THE TRAP IS VERILY WELL HATCHED. SHE WAS NOT AWARE THAT DANIEL WOULD SAVE HER. YET SHE SIDES WITH GOD'S LAW.

THAT'S WHERE HER COURAGE STANDS OUT.


IN THE GOSPEL, JESUS DEMONSTRATES THROUGH HIS ACTION THAT GOD'S JUSTICE IS TO SAVE AND NOT TO CONDEMN.

JESUS NEVER STATES THAT THE WOMAN IS NOT GUILTY OF THE ACCUSED SIN . HE ONLY REMINDS THEM AND US THAT, BEFORE CONDEMNING THERE IS A CONDITION TO BE FULFILLED,  NAMELY,
" THE ONE WHO HAS NO SIN ALONE CAN ' LIFT A STONE ' .........
SO JESUS ALONE REMAINS WHO CAN CONDEMN HER.

READ AGAIN: HE SAYS, " NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU; GO, AND DO NOT SIN AGAIN. "

AS WE COME VERY CLOSE TO THE HOLY WEEK, THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT SHOULD SPUR US ON.

WE ARE NOT CONDEMNED. THEREFORE WE SHOULD NOT CONDEMN. RATHER WE SHOULD CONFESS AND SHOULD NOT SIN AGAIN.

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