
5 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel - John 8:1-11 Expecting the Worst Western Wall, Jerusalem Back when our daughter was in 6 th Grade, I remember she was so excited about going to a grade school dance. So we dropped her off that Friday night and then picked her up a few hours later. End of story? Well, not exactly! About a week later, she comes into the living room, sits us down and says –I need to talk to you; I have to tell you something and you won’t like it. Uh oh, this is not good! So, she proceeds to tell us this story. You know that dance I went to last week; well, it was just for 7 th and 8 th graders. Yeah, ok! Well, I’m only a 6 th grader. I knew that ahead of time. So, I lied to you and I lied to get into the dance. I kept waiting for more but that was it. She was so upset about being dishonest; and for a good week, she let it eat her up inside until she had to tell us. ...