[Grem] *****SPAM(5.2)***** Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, today’s Gospel presents* the story of the woman caught in
adultery,* which is one of the clearest demonstrations of what René Girard
called t
*he scapegoat mechanism.*
*The scribes and Pharisees bring to Jesus a woman they had caught in
adultery.* *Where must they have been standing and how long must they have
been waiting in order to catch her*? *Their eagerness to find a victim is
testimony to the insatiable human need for scapegoats.*

*The novelty of the Gospel is revealed in Jesus’ refusal to contribute to
the energy of the gathering storm: “Let the one among you who is without
sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Jesus directs the energy of
scapegoating violence back toward the accusers. *He unveils the dangerous
secret that the unstable order of the society has been predicated upon
scapegoating. *The Church Fathers emphasized this point with a neat
interpretive move: they imagined that Jesus was writing in the sand none
other than the sins of those who were threatening the woman.*

*Then we see, at least in seminal form, the new order: “Go, and from now on
do not sin any more.” The connection between Jesus and the woman is not the
consequence of condemnation but rather the fruit of forgiveness offered and
accepted.*

*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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