“HAS NO ONE CONDEMNED YOU?” JN 8:1-11
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Today, Jesus teaches us that He does not condemn, we condemn ourselves. He came to save us not condemn us. Sin doesn’t hurt God, it hurts our relationship with God. When we sin, God doesn’t move, we move ourselves away from God. As the verse before the Gospel says, “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion, that he may live.”
We are all sinners. Which one of us does not need God’s love and mercy? We must have a big heart to convert hearts. The scribes and the Pharisees are stuck in the law and self-righteousness.
We often judge others quickly, I know I do. When I am at the grocery store, watching TV, at the park, or anywhere unfamiliar to me, it seems I judge those I do not know. I have learned over time to stop myself and reach out and say hello no matter what a person looks like or how they speak.
Instead of judging, I have learned to offer a quick hand or ask a complete stranger how their day is. We often do not know the people next to us in our pews at Church beyond a greeting and sign of peace. They are there almost every Sunday (we don’t like to move much). We like to be comfortable.
Today, Jesus teaches us to have a big heart, be compassionate, get out of your comfort zone, take healthy risks and be kind and generous to others. We all have one Father, we all have sinned many times, be not afraid, reach out to others and be kind whether you know someone or not. You will be amazed at their response! Reaching out to someone might just convert a heart and make a believer out of them.
Today’s challenge: Since Jesus forgives and does not condemn, “Go, and from now on do not sin any more.” Come to Jesus in confession again and again with full intent to not sin again. His grace and your will can conquer sin. It may take time, but never give up!
Be a servant, be a saint today!
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I think Jesus is trying to tell us not to shame others for their mistakes and forgive them because we are all sinners and we make mistakes too.
Today scripture says, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” This means that we should not make others feel bad or judge others because we are not without sin either. We cannot put blame on others cause we have done things that we need to be sorry for too.
Jesus dosent condemn us we condemn ourselves. People are too jugdy and care about what others think . We are all created by the same person and therefore why judge others as much as we do. We often judge others quickly, I know I do. When I am at the grocery store, watching TV, at the park, or anywhere unfamiliar to me, it seems I judge those I do not know. I have learned over time to stop myself and reach out and say hello no matter what a person looks like or how they speak. Being nice is hard, judging people for no reason though is.
Today in scripture we learn that, Jesus teaches us that He does not condemn, we condemn ourselves. Jesus forgives so why don’t we, we need to forgive those who have hurt us and move on from that act. The more we don’t forgive the more weight we feel on our body till it’s too heavy and we become angry. That is what the devil wants, God gives us the option to forgive others for what they to us so choose it.
“they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven, and did not keep in mind just judgments.” Some people surround themselves with friends that make us stay quiet about our faith. We think people will judge us for what be believe so we just keep it to ourselves. We cant surround ourselves with people that don’t except who we are as our own person and our own faith. If you find the right people they will help you spread the word of God and you will lead each other in the right direction.
“He sat down and taught them” if you ever feel like you don’t understand what’s happening, or don’t understand something in the faith, ask God or a religious figure, they will always teach you, though not always right away. Be patient and ask for what you need.
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” This stuck out to me because Jesus knew that they were trying to test Him so they could have something to hold against Him. He knew that’s what they were trying to do and came up with an answer that they had to answer within themselves. Later it says that He won’t condemn her either. That proves God always wants to give us a second chance no matter what bad thing we have done. We just need to go to Him and ask for his forgiveness.
WE make ourselfs our decitions make us who we are. We tell people who we are with our desitions. Jesus will be merciful but still just.
We have to show compastion and love. It’s human to make mistakes and we all do so its not our place to judge that person when we know that we do and have done things that were probably worse. It is one thing to discourage something, but a completely different thing to judge someone based off a mistake.
Today their is a woman who is being condemned for adultery so they ask Jesus what should we do to test him because according the the law of Moses they should stone her but he says “Let the one amoung you without sin throw the first stone,” so they all leave. This is Jesus telling us that we shouldn’t condem our neighbor in sin when we sin just like them.
3/18/24 Jesus basically burned all the men who wanted to stone the woman. What I got from this is that none of us are without sin, and we should not condemn others without condemning ourselves first. I think Jesus was writing something important.He was writing something that He revealed to us later in scripture, or He wrote something that we are supposed to interpret. I imagine He was writing something along the lines of a prayer or a lesson about sin.
Today, Jesus tells us two things. One, that the old law is not always applicable anymore. There are many times when you need to follow it, of course, but there will also always be points in time when the best course of action is to follow the new law, or be in the likeness of Jesus. Two, Jesus always gives us mercy. He shows us that man is flawed, and that we condemn others so easily without condemning ourselves. Jesus told the scribes to look at themselves, and to think. If they were to punish the woman by stoning her, would they not also deserve the same? God always gives us a second chance, whether we take advantage of that, or we simply fall back into the hole that God fished us out of. To believe in the Gospel is to believe in redemption, but to believe in redemption, we need to realize that we can’t simply stand by and let God do the work for us. We need to go out into the world and preach the gospel, using words when necessary.
In today’s scripture it is saying to not condemn others who have sinned unless you are without sin. God sets the best example of how we are to act and to forgive others and not condemn he is without sin and still does not condemn his children, we ourselves are not perfect with sins of our own condemning others with the same sins so pick up your cross and follow him.
Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”
He does not want to harm you he wants to help you he does not condemn you but he forgives you and tells you not to sin even though he knows that we will sin again over and over but he still forgives us we are the woman who committed adultery with everyone wanting to Stone us God will save us from them and forgive he wont throw stones at us he wants us to talk to him tell him what we have done and lets us be forgiven .
It is not Jesus that condemns us, it is ourselves. It is very impactful when we realize that we are the ones condemning ourself, not God. Jesus was condemned by Pontius Pilate to die on the cross. Just like that we are condemned by ourself when we do harm to others and sin. God is not here to condemn us whenever we do something wrong. When we fall, He is here to help us get back up and go in peace. He wants us to be happy and to be able to spread His Word. This all comes back to the fact that Jesus loves us. In Season 3, Episode 2 of The Chosen, Jesus talks to Little James and He says that the reason He does not heal him is because when Little James is able to heal others it shows that even though we may have our own problems, we can still help others. Go out of your way to do a kind deed and someone will be thankful for it.
I think that today’s scripture is telling us that we need to not judge people. This is an important lesson because it shows us how we should connect as Catholics, we need to be nice to one another because how would we feel I’d someone would do that to us. Jesus shows us how to do this, he doesn’t judge us, he cares for us even when we betrayed him and ignored him he was still there.
This scripture says that whenever we sin, we are hurting our relationship with God. We normally judge people, but by being kind and friendly, we can build our relationship with God. Even though we have one God, we should take risks and praise Him. Furthermore, He will give us the strength to help others.
Jesus is telling us to not shame or make fun of others because we have all been there before.We need to forgive like how Jesus forgives our sins.God gave us a free choice to chose right from wrong it is right to forgive others so people will forgive you.
Today Jesus is telling us not to judge or be mean to someone that have made a mistake, but forgive them. We are all sinners and make mistakes.
God doesnt want us to judge other people for sin. we sin ourselves too and it wouldnt be right if we make fun of people for sinning while we do it ourselves.
In the scripture I liked when it said “Jesus teaches us that He does not condemn, we condemn ourselves. He came to save us not condemn us. Sin doesn’t hurt God, it hurts our relationship with God.” I liked it because it tells us that when we sin it doesn’t hurt God it just hurts the relationship we have with him. I can use this in everyday life because I need to have a better relationship with him by not sinning.
I think the gospel is trying to tell us that we condemn ourselves not others or christ. This means that we have choices, choices to do what is right and to do what is wrong.
Jesus teaches us that He does not condemn, we condemn ourselves. He came to save us not condemn us. “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion, that he may live.” This stuck out to me because it tells us that sin doesn’t hurt god but hurts our relationship with God. Also, it tells us that we move ourselves away from God when we sin.
Something that I got out of this was that none of us have any room to judge anyone. Why should we judge someone if we have our own things that we struggle and need to work on. This reminds me of another gospel that we have had and it said, “Don’t worry about the speck of wood in your neighbors eye, when you have a plank in yours. I think this is super important and we all need to learn this as Catholic Christians.
I think what I learned today is that the more you love others the greater life is we need more people in our life your life is not fun other people also help with emotion helps you express your self.
A thing that stuck out to me a lot was that Jesus said whoever is perfect can condemn her. Everyone started leaving because no one had no sin except Jesus. When Jesus was the last one with her and he had no sin he said I will not condemn you either. This is so cool to me because he saved her by making them realize they were not perfect they had impurities so they didn’t feel as if they should condemn her. He also had the power to condemn her by his own rule but didn’t.
Today this is reminding me that even when we sin Jesus has giving us the gift of being forgiven. We tend to think that if we have done something bad that we can’t come back and be forgiven we just give up. Jesus allows us to be forgiven and have a second chance. Jesus shows us when he kept falling down when he was carrying the cross to keep trying again and again. We need to carry our own cross.
When we sin against God, all it does is hurt our relationship will him. We need to not sin to strengthen our relationship with him. Jesus is always ready to forgive, but we have to ask for it and be truly sorry.
Today Jesus teaches us about second chances, and to not be a hypocrite. He tells the people who are about to punish the woman for her sins “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” We must all acknowledge that we are sinners, and that because we sin, it is not right to point out other peoples sin. Even Jesus, who did not sin, didn’t condemn us, but rather saved us from condemnation.
“We often judge others quickly“ This stuck out to me because it is true. We often judge others in our mind without even thinking about it. We do it like it ´ s a bad habit, because it is. We should not be so quick to judge without even knowing someone. Jesus did not judge anyone. Like when he washed the disciples feet; even Judas. He did not look at their flaws but he was still being kind. That is what we should try to be.
When He says “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone” He is telling us that we should not condemn others because of what they have done but that we need to forgive and love just as Jesus forgave and loved the woman, we should forgive and love others.
No matter what sin you commit Jesus always loves you and will forgive you as long as you ask for His forgiveness. Nobody is perfect except for God. The only people who haven’t sinned in their whole life are Mary and Jesus. We need to try our best not to sin but always remember God loves you and will forgive you as long as you ask for His forgiveness.
In the Gospel there are people who are about to stone a woman who was caught in adultery but Jesus comes and points out everyone sins and sinners should not condemn sinners. Jesus was merciful and forgiving and helped the woman and lets her go free. Jesus knows we all sin and he is willing to help us and forgive us. Jesus loves us very much and he wants us to be with him in heaven forever. We should also be sorry for all the sins we do and we should go to confession and confess them to God.
Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you” We are often scared that God will not forgive us when we have sinned, as we can see in this scripture God will always forgive us as long as we are truly sorry, and we try to be better.
“Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.” Jesus gives us the opportunity to go to confession and be forgiven. He does not condemn us when we sin if we say sorry and try our very best not to sin again. There is nothing greater than having a King that forgives us when we sin against Him. He wants us to grow in a relationship with Him, so He gave us confession to help us. Therefore, use it.
Today in the scriptures Jesus forgave a woman who had committed adultery. Jesus is forgiving so so should we be forgiving too because we need to follow Jesus’s footsteps.
In today’s scripture it is saying to not condemn others who have sinned unless you are without sin. God sets the best example of how we are to act and to forgive others and not condemn he is without sin and still does not condemn his children, we ourselves are not perfect with sins of our own condemning others with the same sins so pick up your cross and follow him.
Today’s gospel is about how we shouldn’t be judging others because Jesus who is the ultimate Judge will judge them when they die. instead we need to look at our selves and how we can do better
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” This part stuck out to me, because Jesus is teaching us not to judge others for their sin, because we are also sinners. We should not judge someone for sinning when we have sinned and hurt our relationship with God as well. Instead, we should look at them with understanding, and try to be better in our own ways.
I think Jesus is telling us not to shame others for their mistakes because we are all sinners and no one is perfect.
Jesus tells us it’s okay to be uncomfortable sometimes. Even if we don’t like it, we should follow Jesus’ word. He wants what is best for us! It’s okay to reach out to others sometimes. Judging is natural. It’s what we do. But if we can teach ourselves to stop judging, that is the path to heaven. Listen to Jesus’s word!
Jesus is trying to tell us we are all sinners. We need to take healthy risks and be kind and generous to others.Sin doesn’t hurt God, it hurts our relationship with God. When we sin, God doesn’t move, we move ourselves away from God. So be kind and talk to people you don’t really talk to.
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” In the gospel today, Jesus is telling us that we must forgive others. The woman committed adultery and the others wanted to throw stones at her to make her pay for her acts. Jesus tells them that they must not punish her. He forgives her of her sins and tells her to walk away.
“Neither do I condemn you” That line was my favorite part of the gospel today because it shows how loving and forgiving Jesus really is. Jesus forgave a woman who had committed a very serious sin and openly showed his love for her. Whenever I think of this story, because it’s one of my favorites, I always imagine Jesus smiling down at the woman in a loving way and helping her off the ground. Then he looks at her for a minute before wrapping his arms around her in a hug and saying “I don’t condemn you.” And I like to imagine myself in the position of the woman too because sometimes we just need that little reminder that Jesus really does love us even when we do wrong.
“Jesus teaches us that He does not condemn” to me we are always falling far from jesus even if we go to church every day we are still falling away from him. we think that he is going to condemn us so we are always trying to stay with him and not stray but that makes us stray more and more he is here to teach us not to harm us.
We should not shame others for sin for we have also sinned. Just Because they sinned doesn’t mean that we are any better. We all sin and we all have to live with that. Judging others is a bad thing to do for we are all being judged by everyone around us in one way or the other. We will all be judged on judgment day and that judgment will decide if we get into heaven or hell. God’s judgment is what matters not others.
Instead of judging, I have learned to offer a quick hand or ask a random stranger how their day is. We mostly do not know the people next to us in our pews at Church beyond a greeting and sign of peace. this can help other people and yourself.you can no judge about other people stuff because you have better ones.
When we sin we are hurting our relationship with Jesus and God but we aren’t hurting them. Jesus came down to earth to save us not to condemn us. We need to stop judging other people and start judging ourselves but not in a bad way. Jesus doesn’t judge us but he cares for us even when we are still sinning and disobeying him.
In today’s scripture it says “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. This really stuck out to me. Jesus knew what we were trying to do. We cannot blame others or blame others for the things that we have done. But God always wants to give us a second chance no matter what bad thing we have done.
In this scripture I think that God is trying to tell me that nothing can hurt God but a lot of things can hurt our relationship with God and as we hurt our relationship with God we hurt ourselves mentally which can lead to us hurting ourselves in other ways. No one can hurt Him all we can do is hurt our relationship with him.
In today’s gospel I think Jesus is trying to say when we sin it doesn’t do anything to him. He couldn’t care less now obviously he doesn’t want to lose a follower but he knows that when we sin it hurts us. An example is lying to someone you love about something important eventually they are going to find out and they are probably not going to be happy. All that is doing is damaging our relationship with that person.
Jesus was telling us that we cannot judge others sins because we ourselves have sinned. We cannot condemn another because we don’t have the power. It would be completely hypocritical. We do not decide who makes it to heaven or who is holy or not. That is why only God decides because God has never committed any sin. He is perfect and still he is not arrogant. He forgives our sins because we are not perfect.
“Sin doesn’t hurt God, it hurts our relationship with God. When we sin, God doesn’t move, we move ourselves away from God.”
When we sin God doesn’t stop loving us or starts loving us less. God loves us over anything and everything. when we sin it does not only affect us on our path to heaven but it affects our relationship with God. No matter what we do God will never stop loving us. But just because we can go to confession or we know that Jesus will always love us doesn’t mean we should keep sinning. We need to try and stop sinning because even if it doesn’t affect Gods love it still affects us no matter what.
Jesus is trying to tell us that we shouldn’t judge others for their sin, because we are all sinners. If we didn’t sin everything would just be perfect everything would be the same. we like the world now so that we can be taught the importance in life. Mary mother of God is the one who is perfect because she was born with an empty cup of sin. We are ti recognize that we are loved because we are sinners. God forgave people who did terrible things like killing, or even just the worst things yet. We can come home to the father once we realize that we are loved and that he is our Lord and savior. there are some countries that are banning religion practice. this shows that we don’t recognize that we are loved. We are sinners and we can’t change that. A lot of people want to be perfect but in the end it just doesn’t work for them, because they find themselves doing it again and again. We are called to be sinners and be forgiven. But not to be perfect with no belief in God.
I think the scripture is telling us to have a open heart toward everyone. An example of this is when at church we do the the sign of peace with other people. This is telling us that we need to get out of our comfort zone and reach out to other people. Reaching out to them just might open their hearts up more.
Sin doesn’t hurt God, it hurts our relationship with God. When we sin, God doesn’t move, we move ourselves away from God. It is not God that is moving away it is us. God doesn’t want us to move away. He will never want that for us. We are the ones making that choice to move closer or farther from God. God wants us to with Him. He will never want us to move farther away from Him. We can pray or/and go to confession very often. Then we can stay close to God.
so the scribes bent the rules to their advantage and thought they were good and acted good in front of people when they were really spoiled and did nothing to help anyone.
We shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover you could be anyone you want to be, we judged Jesus on the outside no one expected him to save us and we did not deserve it.
I think today’s scripture is telling us that we need to be nice to one another
“Let the one among you who is without sin
be the first to throw a stone at her.”
When Jesus says this to the people he is aware that this world is full of sin. So that when they left the woman was left unstoned.
I think this is saying that we shouldnt judge people for what mistakes they have made or what they are known for. Jesus is the only judgments that matters. We need to tear people up not down.
This is saying that we all need a second chance. This is saying that even though we may sin, Jesus will always forgive us, as long as we are sincerely sorry
We have to learn to stop ourselves from judging. Judging often stops us from being our true selves and changing out personalitys or appearance for other people. We should boost others up instead of bringing them down by judging them.
What Jesus is saying in this passage is that we should always forgive someone. Forgiving someone is an act of kindness and doing these kinds of acts are always appreciated and loved by the person, and you’ll probably feel better after doing so. Jesus forgave everyone when He was on the cross, then for us forgiving someone at least once in our life should not be that hard.
We need to recognize that no one is perfect and that each of us have sinned. It is not up to us to judge one another, that is up to God to judge us when our time comes.
What stuck out to me was “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” This stuck out to me because we judge so many people when we can’t even judge ourselves. So many times I have judged somebody and then I think back at what I had judge them for just to see that I have that same insecurity. Now I have tried to stop judging people because if I can’t judge myself who am i to judge.
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” God is the only one that has authority over us all. We cannot do what God can do and we must listen to what he wants us to do. We must trust in his judgement and know that he is always watching and guarding us.
“Let the one among you who is without sin
be the first to throw a stone at her.”
No one is perfect in the world so we need to stop being so quick to point out others for theirs sins as if we have never sinned before or to say ” well my sin is not as great as his/her sin” Who are we to judge others for their sins when we have don’t the exact same thing? The only one who has a right to judge us is God when it is our time to be judged.
its hard to be casted away from friends or others but dont be sad because there are people you can meet on your journey to your life, good or bad, it all effects you somehow even if you don’t talk to them. Life can be mysterious and sometimes feel impossible, it’s a task to be alive. It has work and jobs and financial problems all over, poor people having no homes, women giving birth but doesn’t have enough money for support, or people with jobs who feel used or left out from things. Hard to tell what you want to be when you start to grow because you can’t escape your past if you can’t figure out the future.
We need to be more like God becasuse God died for our sins and I feel like we just don’t appreciate that very much. We need to better ourselves and treat everyone kind just like Jesus did.
What does this remind us of? Oh yeah Reconciliation. We go there to get cleansed of our sins just like Jesus did to the woman in today’s Gospel. When people condemn you of your actions it’s sometimes surprising because they might have done the same thing but that is why confession is there. If we didn’t have confession no one would be able to let go of the bad things they did. So when someone asks you to forgive them you really should. Just keep in mind that you sin too just like that person.
Today this gospel tells us we shouldn’t judge others because they have sinned because all of us have, except for Jesus and Mary. We shouldn’t Judge others because no matter what we should be forgiving. forgiveness is key if you want to get to heaven. God forgives us if we ask for forgiveness so we should forgive, even when we are not asked.
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” is really strong because it means do not judge others for their sins if you have too sinned.
be nice to others, God loves us and we shouldn’t stray away from him by sinning and/or not praying.
2000 years ago, God sent his only son to die for our sins. He sent the thing he loved most to die for a species that would be ungrateful for the ability to go to heaven. He could have left us to die in our own sins. He chose to sacrifice himself manifested in his son for us.
No matter what we do, Jesus still loves us. His love is everlasting and it goes on forever. That is why we have to be wise about our thoughts and actions. We can put ourselves in bad places if we follow the wrong things. So we have to follow Jesus and let Him show the way. When we are lost He will always be there to help us. That doesn’t always mean the pain goes away, it just means we can know that Jesus has our back.
In todays Gospel God tells us that we are a bunch of hypocrites. We judge others for being slow, selfish, lazy, have we never been selfish? Have we never turned down someone else just so we get the better end? God is the only one who can judge us. He’s never done anything wrong. Who are we to judge others on the same stuff we do? Make up for what you did wrong before you tell someone else to do better.
In today’s Gospel it tells us that we cannot judge people on their sins because we all sin. Nobody is perfect, and doesn’t sin. Jesus tells us that, “the one who does not sin can punish people who do sin.” This line is very powerful and it really shows the power of God. Jesus did not sin, but instead of punishing people for their sins, He died on the cross.
The absolute least we can do is being kind to others around us. It can help both of you a lot and you never know what someone Is going through
I think God is trying to say that nobody is perfect. We should not criticize others for things that we do. That makes up hypocrites. Almost every day, I see people criticizing another person but then they sin again for the exact same thing they were criticizing for. We should learn that we can only control ourselves and keep ourselves with little sin
In the scripture it says that when we sing God doesn’t do anything, even though sinning isn’t a good thing and we shouldn’t do it God knows that people sin and that’s why he forgives us and because how much he loves us all that he died for us and forgives us when we sin.
In this scripture reflection I was reminded that God is not here to judge our faults, but how we gloriffed Him. That is what our lives are for, praising the one who allows us to live and forgives everything wrong that we do as long as we are truly sorry and don’t do it again.
In today’s scripture it is saying to not condemn others who have sinned unless you are without sin. God sets the best example of how we are to act and to forgive others. Not condemned he is without sin and still does not condemn his children. We ourselves are not perfect with sins of our own condemning others. With the same sins so pick up your cross and follow him.
“Sin doesn’t hurt God, it hurts our relationship with God. When we sin, God doesn’t move, we move ourselves away from God.”
We cannot run away from sin, we choose to run towards it. We can run towards forgiveness, but we choose to run away from it. If we don’t forgive now we will just start growing further away from God, but if we choose to forgive right away and not put it on hold we will only grow closer to God.
Humans sin. We all sin. But Jesus forgives us when we do. We are so quick to point out when others sin that we don’t bother to point out when ourselves sin. We don’t acknowledge that we sinned so it becomes somthing we don’t even think about it. But Jesus still forgives us. so we should forgive others when they sin.
no one is perfect we all make mistakes and are very different from each other so there is no reason to judge anyone because at the end of the day we all have the same value in gods eyes.
Most people are quick to judge someone just by the way they talk or look, we need to distance ourselves from the belief that if someone looks or talks like this then they’re instantly weird or cool
We need to as Christians to not berate people for sinning because we aren’t better than them we all sin and we all do bad stuff but we need to help them be better by telling them to go to confession and church we also need to learn that God will never hate us for are sin when we sin we just drift away from his light and become distant from him so we have to stop acting like God hates us for sinning because he sent his own son to save us and he died for us and in that got rid of are original sin because he loves us.
Jesus’s lesson today is to always give people a second chance, even if they do not deserve it. he is a very kind and forgiving god and he is constantly forgiving each and every one of our sins.
In today’s gospel Jesus gives us the first taste of forgiveness that He will give to the rest of the world. A precursor to confession if you will. Jesus says that anyone without sin can throw the stone. We can’t throw the stone, no one can. Jesus asks the woman who has condemned her, she answered no one, so Jesus said that He doesn’t condemn her. Once again this is an instance where Jesus has forgiven us. He is going to forgive all of us when He dies on the cross on Good Friday. The ultimate sacrifice. So the least we can do is try not to sin and hurt Jesus. Which is what He tells the woman to do, and what He tells all of us to do everyday.
Jesus shows in the gospel an adulterous woman getting mercy. She was warned by Jesus not to sin again. Instead of being happy to what Jesus showed to the woman the scribes hated Jesus for giving her mercy. There are times that we become judgmental to other people especially if we know something about them. We easily see what they deserve following our own standards. We as humans look for the dirt in people not the gold. Jesus says many times sinners and saints are welcomed in the Kingdom.
Today’s Gospel told me that I should not shame others for doing something wrong, because I have sinned just like them. And because we are humans we all make mistakes so no one should condemn others.
Jesus tells us that we need to know that He isn’t condemning us or anybody else for that matter. We condemn ourselves. Our sins make us human; we are totally incapable of an entire day without sinning. Jesus acknowledges this but that doesn’t mean that we should not try that’s what’ll get us to heaven, we have to want it, we have to want to be good and not sin and through the grace of God we will get there someday.
We are all sinners. When we sin, God doesn’t move, we move ourselves away from God. Jesus teaches us that He does not condemn, we condemn ourselves.
What stuck out to me was “O eternal God, you know what is hidden and are aware of all things before they come to be: you know that they have testified falsely against me. Here I am about to die, though I have done none of the things with which these wicked men have charged me.” This stuck out to me because once you learn to trust God and what he has planned for you, you then feel like you can come to him about anything and he will always be there for you which he will.
We are all sinners. Which one of us does not need God’s love and mercy? All of us need His mercy whoever tells you they don’t are lying we all need something from God some small and some big but we need someone to love us but He went the extra mile and died for us. Think of someone who is a stranger or a friend and ask yourself if they would die for me. They will say no you don’t have to question it since they don’t know you and don’t care about you since they aren’t a part of their life. God on the other hand sent His only Son to die for people He doesn’t even know and Jesus said I will do it. He doesn’t care what you look like or how you think He isn’t good but He loves us forever and can’t wait till He meets us to love us even more. There is always someone willing to die for you you just need to let them love you and He will do anything for you.
I think Jesus is trying to tell us that we need to believe in him like the girl in the scripture did he will take care of us. That we do not control our life. What we can control is our fate. We have the ability to choose from right and wrong because God gave us that freedom. We can do what choose because of him. We have everything because of God.
We are all sinners. Which one of us does not need God’s love and mercy? All of us need His mercy whoever tells you they don’t are lying we all need something from God some small and some big but we need someone to love us but He went the extra mile and died for us. Think of someone who is a stranger or a friend and ask yourself if they would die for me. They will say no you don’t have to question it since they don’t know you and don’t care about you since they aren’t a part of their life. God on the other hand sent His only Son to die for people He doesn’t even know and Jesus said I will do it. He doesn’t care what you look like or how you think He isn’t good but He loves us forever and can’t wait till He meets us to love us even more. There is always someone willing to die for you you just need to let them love you and He will do anything and everything to get to you and love you.
“HAS NO ONE CONDEMNED YOU?” stood out to me because we have done bad things and we haven’t been punished that much
God teaches us that we have free will and its not other peoples fault we did something wrong we condemn ourselves.
Everyone sins so we should not be cruel to each other for it. Jesus forgives all of our sins even if it does not feel like it. We have to want to be forgiven and want to do better, then God will forgive you.
“Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.” Jesus gives us the opportunity to go to confession and be forgiven. I liked it because it tells us that when we sin it doesn’t hurt God it just hurts the relationship we have with him.
We are all sinners. We are not perfect with any of our sins. others struggle with the same sins so pick up your cross and follow him. This can help people and you. You should not judge other people’s stuff because you have better ones. Consider people’s situations and attempt to put yourself in their shoes.
Jesus tells us that there are consequences for our actions.
Jesus tells us not to blame others for what they do because we have all experienced what they might be going through and what they are doing so we should respect others.
Today in this scripture God is telling us we need to be more respectful to others
Jesus is telling us that we are all sinners. Sin doesn’t hurt God, but it hurts our relationship with God. God loves us so much that He forgives us every time we sin or do bad stuff. We should not shame others because they are also God’s creation but instead we should love them and help them. God teaches us that we condemn ourselves not Him. “HAS NO ONE CONDEMNED YOU?”
This part struck me because everyone has condemn themselves besides God.
Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”
Jesus forgives. He wants us to live a sin free and happy life. We sin and Jesus came to save us from it.
“Humbly submit your will to God”
I think that this scripture reflection means that you are giving your life for Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior. A main part of that is judging. If you judge other people you are getting no where near where you are supposed to be at in this point of time in your life so don’t judge other people and think more about other people than you do yourself. Also, don’t be selfish. Everything isn’t always going to be about you in life so own up to that and know that you are giving your lives to Jesus Christ. Not just one person is judging other people when really they should be focused on themselves and God the Father.Also, it’s not just one person judging, it’s everyone that is being judged or judging. So take some time of your own, honor God the Father and give your daily life to do something good for him or the other people in this world.
God is trying to tell me to not judge others before we get to know them. We often judge someone random we see based on their looks, the way they dress, or talk. We condemn ourselves by doing these things. We need to be more willing to get to know people, no matter how they appear to you.
The scripture is telling me that we must trust in God because he can do all things and has a plan for us. The scripture is also telling me that God knows all things and that we can’t hide from him.
In this scripture reflection God was telling me that when we sin it hurts me and my relationship with him but it does not hurt him. God wants us the be honest with him and try not to sin at all. God wants us to be a follower of him and treat others with respect.
We all sin. Who are we to judge someone else and the sin they carry when we carry some of our own. We cannot be hypocrites and expect heaven. We must first acknowledge our own sin before anything, as no one is completely free of sin. We cannot judge others if we are the same as them.
The Lord is telling us even though others may want to hurt us, God wants to protect us even if we do sin and repent but if we don,t repent the Lord can not save us from hell. Today in the Gospel the men wanted to stone a women who did not commit adultery but they played it to charge and arrest Jesus but Jesus knew their lies and did not say what they wanted this shows us that we must always do what is good and right even if we are scared.
We must not condemn others while we are the ones also sinning against the same God. If we are compassionate and understanding towards others then we may think twice before labeling someone in a bad way.
God tells us today that we can’t judge others. We should be judging ourselves. “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’ when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye?” This is what God is telling us. Why point out the fault of our own brothers when we can’t even notice our fault. We must judge ourselves not our neighbors.
Has no one condemned you.Jesus does not condemn us which is while we have free will and we make our own decisions because sin is knowing what is wrong and doing it anyway.God does not condemn us we kinda condemn ourselves that is why we need to turn to God and listing to Him.
The scripture was telling me that we cannot condemn others for being sinful if we are sinful ourselves. We take so much time judging others for their faults but we never think about ourselves. Even though God is perfect he doesn’t condemn his children, so why should we condemn our brothers and sisters. We aren’t perfect and we have no right to condemn others.
I think Jesus is telling us not to make fun or hurt anyone you should pick them up and not bring them down don’t gossip cause that can also cause people to fall down.
“Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.” He does not condemn us when we sin if we say sorry and try our very best not to sin again.
We can’t condemn others, we are just as bad as they are. We are all sinners and us sinning can only hurt our relationship with God. Try not to judge others so harshly, only God can judge you and he loves you very much.
God teaches us to be kind and care for one another instead of judging. We sometimes find ourselves judging wherever we go and instead, we should try to say something kind to people whether it’s a stranger, family member, or friend. It can change our perspective on life and a great outcome.
I think God is telling us that we need to forgive others. We ask him for forgiveness and he gives it to us but it is hard for us to forgive people.
Today’s Gospel talks about how when we sing we make the bind of the relationship between me and God stretch and when it is so thin we need to go to confession and then he will forgive us and thing will be binded again we should try not to repeat sins because God does not like giving you a second chance and then you blowing it.
” Sin doesn’t hurt God, it hurts our relationship with God. When we sin, God doesn’t move, we move ourselves away from God.”
It can be hard to tell the truth or to be “perfect” which no one is perfect so eventually we all move away from God but there is also a time where we can move closer to God when we do simple deeds like holding the door or even going to church, that creates a bigger bond with God even though sometimes it doesn’t feel like it. Something that is a common sin is swearing or saying God’s name in vain, sometimes we don’t even think about it and other times we do it just cuz. Also maybe next time just try to be kind to people it really doesn’t matter how much you hate them you should at least respect them and try to focus on the positive about them, I know its hard to but it will change your point of view.
Jesus is telling us we need to care for other people.Jesus always gives sinners mercy. He shows us that humans have flawed, and that we condemn others so easily.
God loves us more than we can possibly comprehend. He has been with us before we were even an idea in our parents’ minds. When we are mourning, he comforts us. When we are joyous, he celebrates with us. He has never left us for even a moment in our existence. He feels every emotion we feel a hundredfold for us.
God will always have a plan for us. He never disappoints with those plans. Every bad thing in your life will lead up to a good thing, its all part of Gods plan! If we just trust in Him we wont worry as much.
We all need God, we are all sinners so saying that you don’t need Him or His grace is just a lie. I’m not saying that everyone says that but even if you think that it can’t be any further from the truth.
What stuck out to me about today’s scripture is how we need to work on not condemning others and ourselves. We need to follow Jesus’s actions as best as we can i’m not saying you can never sin because thats not possible we will always sin but instead of letting it happen over and over try to work on it a bit and be the bast version of yourself you can be.
We need to not blame others for our mistakes and be a responsible person and accept it.
Be patient and ask God for what you need. He doesn’t judge us, he cares for us even when we betray him and ignore him he was and will always be there. Jesus is saying that he doesn’t condemn us nor does he judge us. After all, the longer you wait, the sweeter and ripened your fruit becomes.
we are all sinners so natural we all make mistakes but its our job to try and be gracefully like Jesus
“they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven, and did not keep in mind just judgments.” This stuck out to me because we should surround ourselves with people that support our faith or support in what we believe in.
Jesus told the Scribes that the person without sin to stone the woman, who commeted a bad sin, first. Then they all walked away. Jesus did not condemn the woman and instead forgave her.
to not judge other because you don’t know what they could be going thru and to go out of our comfort zone and lend a hand to help. because it could change their day by a simple kind gesture.