"Lakat ka, indi ka na magpakasala liwat”

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Juan 8:1-11) 

Pero si Jesus nagkadto sa bukid sang mga Olivo.

Madulomdulom pa sang madason nga aga nagbalik sia sa templo. Ang tanan nga mga tawo nagtipon sa iya palibot, kag naglingkod sia sa pagpanudlo sa ila.

Ang mga manunodlo sang Kasugoan kag ang mga Fariseo nagdala didto sang isa ka babayi nga nadakpan nga nagapanginlalaki, kag ginpatindog nila sia sa atubangan sang tanan nga mga tawo.

Nagsiling sila kay Jesus, “Manunodlo, nadakpan ini nga babayi nga nagapanginlalaki.

Suno sa Kasugoan ni Moises ang amo nga sahi sang babayi dapat batuhon tubtob mapatay. Karon, ano bala ang masiling mo?”

Ginsiling nila ini sa pagdakupdakop sa iya, agod nga may isumbong sila batok sa iya. Pero nagdungok si Jesus kag nagsulat sia sang iya tudlo sa duta.

Sang sagad sila pamangkot sa iya, si Jesus nagtungkaaw kag nagsiling sa ila, “Kon sin-o sa inyo ang wala sing sala, amo ang mag-una haboy sa iya sing bato.”

Kag nagdungok sia liwat kag nagsulat sa duta.

Sang pagkabati nila sini, isaisa nga naghalalin sila tanan, sugod sa mga tigulang. Si Jesus na lang ang nabilin kag ang babayi nga nagatindog pa didto.

Nagtungkaaw si Jesus kag nagsiling sa iya, “Babayi, diin na bala sila? May yara pa bala nga nagakondenar sa imo?”

Nagsabat sia, “Sir, wala na gid bisan isa.” Si Jesus nagsiling, “Ako wala man nagakondenar sa imo. Lakat ka, pero indi ka na magpakasala liwat.”]

Prayers: 
“God our Father, we find it difficult to come to you, because our knowledge of you is imperfect. In our ignorance we have imagined you to be our enemy; we have wrongly thought that you take pleasure in punishing our sins; and we have foolishly conceived you to be a tyrant over human life. But since Jesus came among us, he has shown that you are loving, that you are on our side against all that stunts life, and that our resentment against you was groundless. So we come to you, asking you to forgive our past ignorance, and wanting to know more and more of you and your forgiving love, through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Prayer of Saint Augustine)

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:
Are you ready to be changed and transformed in Christlike holiness? God never withholds his grace from us. His steadfast love and mercy is new every day (Lamentations 3:22-23). Through the gift and grace of the Holy Spirit we can be changed and made new in Christ. He can set us free from our unruly desires and passions. Jesus never lost an opportunity to bring freedom to those oppressed by sin and guilt. His frequent association with sinners, however, upset the sensibilities of the religious leaders. When a woman caught in adultery was brought to them for trial, they confronted Jesus on the issue of retribution. Jewish law treated adultery as a serious crime since it violated God’s ordinance and wreaked havoc on the stability of marriage and family life. It was one of the three gravest sins punishable by death.

This incident tells us a great deal about Jesus’ attitude to the sinner. The scribes and Pharisees wanted to entrap Jesus with the religious and civil authorities. That is why they brought a woman caught in adultery before Jesus. Jesus turned the challenge towards his accusers. In effect he said: Go ahead and stone her! But let the man who is without sin be the first to cast a stone. The Lord leaves the matter to their own consciences. When the adulterous woman is left alone with Jesus, he both expresses mercy and he strongly exhorts her to not sin again. The scribes wished to condemn, Jesus wished to forgive and to restore the sinner to health. His challenge involved a choice – either go back to your former way of sin and death or to reach out to the new way of life and happiness with him. Jesus gave her pardon and a new start on life. God’s grace enables us to confront our sin for what it is – unfaithfulness to God, and to turn back to God with a repentant heart and a thankful spirit for God’s mercy and forgiveness. Do you know the joy of repentance and a clean conscience?