Monday, March 30, 2009

Homily – March 30 - Fifth Week of Lent - Monday

Our readings today have to do with conviction and vindication! To be convicted of something is one thing; to be vindicated is another. If what a person is convicted of is a true conviction, then the vindication is on the side of the "law" that enforces justice; but if what a person is convicted of is not true – as in the case of Susanna in the first reading – then the vindication comes from one that God sends to defends the person – in this case a young boy named Daniel. Daniel easily convicted the accusers of perjury – as they were uninformed as to some pertinent details in the case: the type of tree involved!

In the gospel passage Jesus does not convict the woman caught in adultery as those who brought her to him wanted; and he himself vindicated her by giving permission to any one of them who had no sin to cast the first stone at her. They could not cast a stone – as everyone has or has had sin in his life. It is up to God to forgive and vindicate us – which he freely does – when we freely, humbly and trustingly come to him seeking his mercy!

May we this day seek our vindication from God; may we not judge one another, or cast stones, we who live in glass houses; and may we trust in the mercy of God to deliver us all to the joys of Easter that will surely come, after the darkness of Holy Week and Good Friday

I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion, that he may live.

Today, if you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.

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