1st Reading: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30,33-62
Gospel: Jn 8:1-11
Friends, today as we listened to the words of the Scriptures, all of us
are reminded first of all to be mindful of the dangerous temptations of sin and
evil all around us, the worldly desires and the pleasures of the flesh. Then we
are also reminded that each one of us are all sinners and we should not think
that any one of us are better than the others and we should not take pride
because we think that we are somehow superior due to our actions.
In our first reading today, we heard from the Book of Daniel, of the story
of Susanna, a faithful Jewish woman living in the land of exile in Babylon. Those
two elders we have heard from the story were entrusted with the guidance and
leadership over the people of God, and were highly respected for their position
and leadership. Yet, they chose to allow themselves to be swayed by the wicked
temptations of the world, the temptation of the flesh, the desire for the
beautiful they ended up falling into those temptations and the traps of sin,
committing grievous sins against God. Not only that they attempted to violate
the honour and purity of Susanna, a faithful servant, but they also committed
more sins in trying to hide their sins and faults. That is why we should not
even let sin to tempt us in the first place, as unless we are vigilant and
careful, we can be easily dragged further and deeper into the trap of sin, and
end up committing more and more vile things against God and against our fellow
brethren.
In our Gospel passage today, we heard of the story of the Lord Jesus and a
woman who was caught in the act of adultery. The Lord Jesus was tested by a
group of Pharisees and teachers of the Law who gathered a crowd with a woman
who was caught in the midst of her sinful action, and through that, those
people wanted to gauge His reaction and response to the woman, as the Lord had
often reached out to those whom these people deemed as sinful and unworthy of
God, like the tax collectors and the prostitutes. They wanted to find the
opportunity of accusing the Lord of tolerating sins and not following the
precepts of the Law of God as revealed through Moses, so that they could
persecute Him.
It is therefore an important reminder to all of us that, after hearing
everything from our Scripture passages today, that we should always be mindful
of the dangers and the allures that sin and how we should resist the
temptations of those sins so that we will not end up falling into the path
towards damnation. That is why we are reminded today to resist the temptations
to sin, to control our desires and focus on the lord.
Patrick Kalyango
III Year Theology
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