Posted by:
summer
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Date: April 30, 2011 07:10PM
What a strong woman!
From the very beginning of your post, I was thoroughly riled up on behalf of your mom. I saw how people tried to take advantage of my own mom when she was a vulnerable widow. I was going to suggest that you go to that bishop and stand up for her. No, that's the mild version. I was going to suggest that you make that bishop regret that the thought of your mom's possible sins ever entered his head. I was going to suggest that by the time you were finished with him, he would have been a trembling, sniveling, remorseful shell of a man.
But it's obvious that your mom has the situation well in hand. I can see why you are so proud of her.
If they do try her in absentia, however, and end up excommunicating her, I do have a suggestion. That would be to write that bishop a note saying, "With regard to my dear mother, who served your church so faithfully and well for many years, you chose to believe in the nasty, small-minded, untrue gossip about her. She, in her turn, chose not to dignify these accusations with a response. It is not her shame in question, but yours. SHAME ON YOU! SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!
When the Pharisees brought a woman accused of adultery to Jesus, he wrote a word or words in the sand. What do you suppose he wrote, bishop? 'Idle gossips'? 'Liars'? 'Hypocrites'? Did he write each Pharisee's name along with a catalogue of his sins? Jesus then said, 'Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.' So bishop, would you have been the only Pharisee present to NOT drop his stone? Evidently so. I trust that you are satisfied. With your action, my dear, loving mother will no longer be subject to your abuse and that of your fellow Pharisees."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2011 07:13PM by summer.