As we turn the corner on lent we finally reach the home stretch as we approach Palm Sunday. Thus, this week is a week of preparation. So much so that the prefaces at the Eucharist celebration this week is titled the "passion of the Lord."
In this preface the Church prays the following to the Father, "The suffering and death of your son brought life to the whole world, moving our hearts to praise your glory. The power of the cross reveals your judgment on this world and the kingship of Christ crucified."
The power of the cross reveals your judgment which brought life to the world...these words are commentary on the words spoken by Jesus in today's Gospel to the woman caught in adultery, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on sin no more."
In deed it is not condemnation Jesus comes but rather salvation, a salvation unto new life. The life of grace poured forth from the side of Christ enters into our hearts and breaks us free from the bonds of sin and slavery and makes straight the narrow path paved with endless mercy.
As we follow Christ we must believe that the words of invitation to the woman, "Go, sin no more," are not only an option but the true possibility of life in grace. We can live anew, we can begin again, we can start over in Christ, each day, even today.
Every saint has a past and every sinner a future in Christ, in the new life in grace, where we are bound by love crucified in which we go forth not with our head down burdened with guilt but with our spirits high and hearts full of praise for the glory of God has stooped down to us and raised us up on the beams of the cross.
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