Catholics, what happened when the men of the city were about to stone that woman for adultery?

Jesus saw the crowd stoning the woman, and stepped forth, shouting, "Let he without sin cast the first stone!"





Silence -- then a stone came flying from the crowd, and Jesus turned around saying "C'mon, Mom, I'm trying to make a point here..."

Catholics, what happened when the men of the city were about to stone that woman for adultery?
lol I bet Mary gets a chuckle out of that one too. She's up there shaking her finger at you and laughing and saying "Why, if I wasn't born without original sin, I'd go down there right now, young lady...."
Reply:You know I'm Catholic but that was funny.





When discussing the Immaculate Conception, an implicit reference may be found in the angel’s greeting to Mary. The angel Gabriel said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" (Luke 1:28). The phrase "full of grace" is a translation of the Greek word kecharitomene. It therefore expresses a characteristic quality of Mary.





The traditional translation, "full of grace," is better than the one found in many recent versions of the New Testament, which give something along the lines of "highly favored daughter." Mary was indeed a highly favored daughter of God, but the Greek implies more than that (and it never mentions the word for "daughter"). The grace given to Mary is at once permanent and of a unique kind. Kecharitomene is a perfect passive participle of charitoo, meaning "to fill or endow with grace." Since this term is in the perfect tense, it indicates that Mary was graced in the past but with continuing effects in the present. So, the grace Mary enjoyed was not a result of the angel’s visit. In fact, Catholics hold, it extended over the whole of her life, from conception onward. She was in a state of sanctifying grace from the first moment of her existence.


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Fundamentalists’ chief reason for objecting to the Immaculate Conception and Mary’s consequent sinlessness is that we are told that "all have sinned" (Rom. 3:23). Besides, they say, Mary said her "spirit rejoices in God my Savior" (Luke 1:47), and only a sinner needs a Savior.





Let’s take the second citation first. Mary, too, required a Savior. Like all other descendants of Adam, she was subject to the necessity of contracting original sin. But by a special intervention of God, undertaken at the instant she was conceived, she was preserved from the stain of original sin and its consequences. She was therefore redeemed by the grace of Christ, but in a special way—by anticipation.





The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that she was "redeemed in a more exalted fashion, by reason of the merits of her Son" (CCC 492). She has more reason to call God her Savior than we do, because he saved her in an even more glorious manner!





~Catholic~


Est. 33 AD
Reply:Heralding JEST at Christ in any form is a show of LOW class, insensitivity and shows mentally challenging aspects of self.





Try doing the same thing to Allah in the mist of Muslims.
Reply:I hadn't heard that one before- that was cute.


Holister dear, I would be careful about making such threats or you may find that all your Q%26amp;A are being reported as well.
Reply:Idiot
Reply:Heard it before. Love it everytime.
Reply:That wasn't Jesus - that was Brian! (Besides he said let HE who is without sin cast the first stone... the mom shouldn't have thrown that...)
Reply:LOL Yes I have heard that joke.


Have a good day.
Reply:heard it before
Reply:God will Smite thee in five days!
Reply:I love that joke. :)
Reply:You know that was you in another life? Katie, be nice!
Reply:ROFL


good one %26lt;G%26gt;
Reply:LOL! Ok, that is one I had never heard before.
Reply:How old are you, really?