As we are in the final week of lent approaching the Holy week today’s readings lead us to reflect on how we could misuse power and authority entrusted to us and deviate from God’s ways of dealing with issues we face internally and externally in life causing damage to ourselves and others.

The Gospel proclamation gives us an insight as to how limited we are in our thinking capacities when confronted by a challenge, we would either resemble the sinful woman or the elders of the law, both parties failed to discover the Love and Mercy which flowed from the Lord until the Lord spoke directly to the issue with wisdom, insight and forgiveness. Not only the problem was resolved then and there the woman discovered the depth of Love God had for her. Her life was delivered from the darkness she was living in, into the Light of Christ.
This revelation is needed to experience the power of forgiveness and Love God has for us.”Give the truth of your heart” is the second step of the four steps. In this step when we give the truth inside of us and repent from the depth of our hearts a divine exchange happens.

We hand Him over our brokenness, sinfulness, addictions, sickness, bondages, years of pain and everything which is not pleasing to Him (including our hidden pleasures which trap us in unforeseen ways as it did for the elders in the first reading), in return the Lord lets His For- giveness, Mercy, Love and Compassion flow into our hearts. We are healed and begin to transform from whithin. We begin to experience “the power of His Love”!. This experience cannot be obtained from the world. As we know the Lord has already paid in full for our lives with His life, His precious blood and purchased us in full. He has the authority and power to forgive us and heal us physically, emotionally and spiritually. It’s a gift for us from the Lord. Let’s open up our hearts to receive it. “He leads me beside still waters, He restores my soul, He leads me in right paths for His name sake.Even though I walk in the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff they comfort me.”(Ps. 23. 3-4))

Prayer: Abba Father, open our inner eyes to see our sinful nature and give us the Grace to humbly accept the gift of forgiveness from your hands. Amen!