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Non-condemnation as a way of life!
Last week in my reflection on faith as a condition of the heart and unforgiveness as the hardening of the heart I think we may have been misled. What I mean by that is that the life of forgiveness or non-condemnation that Jesus displays today in the Gospel of the woman caught adultery, we see that, for those of us called to be the disciples of Jesus, non-condemnation is a way of life.
The call to be forgiving can be misunderstood, in my opinion, as the goal of forgiving particular persons for particular offenses. What I hear in the Gospel today is that Jesus is inviting us to a new way of being, "metanoia" which literally means "a change in knowing or mind. That we might on a daily basis adopt a new approach to loving and it excludes condemnation.
Think of all the people that in one day can disappoint us, frustrate us, offend us, insult us, disrespect us, look down on us, et cetera. We can come to the conclusion that all of them are condemnable. We can begin to live a life of self protective, condemnation- "all THOSE people". This attitude of condemnation colors our loving. In fact, our loving can disappear because we are dominated by self protective condemnation. Wow..
I recall a parent of a child with ADD, who said that every night she had to forgive her child and forgive herself, get a good night's sleep, wake up the next day and begin again - free. That is the formula that all of us can adopt if we are to live the life of Jesus-"neither do I condemn you".
Does this make sense to your life?
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Father Estok,
Yes, this makes a lot of sense to me. To come at it from a different perspective and in different terms---Late in 2004, I took a coaching course in which I had to suspend being judgmental for 90 days. I cite that course as being a turning point in my life. In the same course, I became with "awareness" and got an introduction to the thinking of Anthony DeMello, S.J..
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This does make sense in my life – and I like the comparison of it to last week’s Gospel. It helps me see “forgiving” in even a fuller way. It strikes me that this weakness of being judgmental is such a common one in our lives. It’s as if it’s a lens that we constantly look through - and I need to learn to take it off. I need to learn to BEGIN with loving in the face of any situation, rather than a critical lens of judgment. When I use the latter lens, not only is it hurtful and unloving to those I am judging – but it is putting myself in the judgment seat in which only God can rightly be.
Yes, Father, it does relate. Last week, with the Gospel reading about the prodigal son and his family, it came to my mind how I find it easier to forgive someone who has said they are sorry and have asked for forgiveness. The person has admitted their wrongdoing and/or foolishness and they want to change and not do the same thing again. I guess I am being judgmental and thinking that now that the person is on the “road to righteousness”, they are worthy of my/our forgiveness.
Now we have this week’s Gospel and from this account, we have no indications that the woman offered any apology or that she begged forgiveness. I can think right now of many anonymous drivers on the highways who have cut me off, one that nearly forced me off the road and others that have blown their horn repeatedly behind me because I am driving at the speed limit. As far as I know, they don’t think they have wronged anyone, and I condemn them. They must think that being reckless drivers doesn’t really matter, (until they cause a fatal accident.) I don’t know if the woman caught in adultery stood there with her eyes wide open in fear or if she stood before Jesus and the accusers brazenly with her chin up. What ever her thoughts, motivations, or behavior was at that moment, and whether or not she thought there was some ‘justification’ for her sinful behavior (i.e. a way to make a living), Jesus did not condemn her. I still find the “new way of being” hard to accept. Should I happen to pull up to a red light next to a reckless or discourteous driver, I am not (for my own safety) going to roll down my window and say “I don’t condemn you for your offense, but from now on, drive in a safe manner.” I will, however, try to refrain from muttering a curse. If I remember Jesus’ words on the cross, “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do,” I have my answer.
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That metanoia, "a change in knowing or mind”...so key...God is at it daily within us I am realizing more & more.
The Confiteor says, “…that I have greatly sinned; in my thoughts and in my words in what I have done & in what I have failed to do.” I SAY that, but have said it so many times my mind does not stir up my memory sufficiently; I know I’ve sinned in my thoughts, but so many times I’m blind to it or I justify that it’s not so bad. I don't recall my own sin enough to put others' sin in perspective. When I heard your explanation of condemnation, it was such a different way of knowing it that I had to look up the word.
Condemnation. Marian-Webster online says: 1. Censure; blame. Not only censure…blame. Hmm! When you click on censure it says 1: a judgment involving condemnation; 2:archaic : opinion, judgment; 3: the act of blaming or condemning sternly; 4: an official reprimand. What struck me was blame alongside censure. We are so free to blame that if something goes wrong we point a finger and don’t give it a second thought. Jesus not only did not condemn the woman, he didn’t blame her, AND … here comes a BIG one . . . he didn’t blame her accusers! My goodness! He loved THEM every bit as much as her, WOW!!!
Holy Father Francis was talking on this Gospel about forgiveness. He said that “the face of God is that of a merciful father, who always has patience. Have you thought about God’s patience, the patience that he has for each of us? That is his mercy. He always has patience, patience with us, he understands us, he waits for us, he does not weary of forgiving us…”
Hmm. This all goes together.
We might not think we “condemn” people; but if we even blame them for something or if we “write off people” it does not fulfill the first line of 1 Cor 13. Love is patient. INCREDIBLE view, thank you Father!
Father,
I was just reading our Holy Father Francis' homily he gave this morning . . . sounded like your thoughts exactly. Very beautiful.
Father,
Any possiblility of posting your audio of your beautifully sung Easter Exsultet for the people?
Thank you.
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