For 23 March 2026, Monday of the 5th week of Lent, based on John 8:1-11
Early in the morning Jesus 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.”
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Linda Lysakowski
Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, MTS-FT is an Adrian Dominican Associate and an Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive, who hold a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from the Franciscan School of Theology at University of San Diego. She is active in St Bernadette Catholic Church in Kansas City, MO, and in the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph. She is the author of approximately forty books. On a personal level, she is the mother of four living children, grandmother of nine, great grandmother of 14, and great-great grandmother of two.
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23 Mar 2026
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Early in the morning Jesus 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.”
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Linda Lysakowski
Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, MTS-FT is an Adrian Dominican Associate and an Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive, who hold a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from the Franciscan School of Theology at University of San Diego. She is active in St Bernadette Catholic Church in Kansas City, MO, and in the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph. She is the author of approximately forty books. On a personal level, she is the mother of four living children, grandmother of nine, great grandmother of 14, and great-great grandmother of two.