Fifth Sunday of Lent – 06th April 2025
We are all very aware of the phrase, ‘people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.’ What does this actually mean? Well, if you’re standing in a glass house and you throw a stone, you are definitely going to break a window and end up doing some harm to yourself! What does this have to do with the gospel this Sunday?
The gospel this Sunday is usually called the Woman caught in adultery. The religious leaders – the Pharisees – drag a woman into the market place and throw her to the ground. They say that she is a sinner and deserves to be stoned to death publicly. They want to trap and test Jesus; they are not in the slightest bit interested in the welfare or wellbeing of this woman. But imagine how she feels and how they have made her feel. These men are standing over her with stones in their hands, anger in their eyes and hatred in their hearts for her. What will Jesus say and do to her?