Monday, March 30

Scripture for the Day:

[Then each of them went home,]while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’ They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, sir.’ And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.’ - John 8:1-11

Reflection – Brandon  and Janice Reyes

Over the past year our life has been full of little else but laying the foundation for our brand new family. We feel incredibly blessed, and most of the time it is full of happiness and celebration.  Like any couple with children, however, we have had our moments. We don't always do what we should, and occasionally tempers can rise and thoughtless words are said. Sometimes it's for a very valid reason; sometimes not. It happens because we loose focus on ourselves and begin to put the other under the microscope of spousal perfection. Christ reminds us that it is not our place to condemn, even if the reason is valid and as clear as day. We are to look at ourselves once again through Jesus' eyes, through the microscope of God, and strive with His help to “sin no more.” Only when we are working on this together does our family begin to realize the fullness that God intends for all of us.