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Podcast: Lectio Div Catholic Gospel
Episode: "They went away one by one, beginning with the elders." | Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Description: A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
βLet the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.β Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders.
Saying these few words, Jesus then bends down and in that moment when no words are spoken, the crowd slowly disperses. In todayβs Gospel, it is the elders who are the first to walk away from stoning the woman caught in adultery. In that still moment...