“WILL MY DEMONS WALK AWAY?” (Jn 8:1-11): 10 March 2008 (Monday)
There is a moving scene in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” where after the scourging, Mary the mother of our Lord and Mary Magdalene fall on their knees on the blood-soaked floor to save whatever blood of Jesus they can save. As she does so, Mary Magdalene tearfully remembers her very first encounter with Jesus when she was also down on the floor. In that first encounter, recounted in today’s gospel reading, she has been caught in the act of adultery and is dragged to the public square for stoning.