tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post3180149902744950747..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: What you cannot surrenderFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-38244531245285872842010-03-22T14:49:48.283-05:002010-03-22T14:49:48.283-05:00Jesus did not challenge the crowd to prove her gui...<i>Jesus did not challenge the crowd to prove her guilt nor did he lift the ancient prohibition against adultery when he forgives her.</i><br /><br />I'm sorry, but where again does he forgive her? Have we all read this so many times that we read into it what is not there? There is a marvelous prelude in Ezekiel: <br /><br /><i>Do I indeed derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked? says the Lord GOD. Do I not rather rejoice when he turns from his evil way that he may live?</i> [Ez 18:23]<br /><br />...and St. Gregory the Great gives us the marvelous postlude. <br /><br />Otherwise, a great juggling lesson! deo gratia!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261197566240560777noreply@blogger.com