SERMON ON THE MOUNT; The Jesus of Scripture talks about Sin.

When the Sermon on the Mount is discussed there is great enthusiasm about the Beatitudes.  It would seem however there is little enthusiasm for reading the rest of Matthew 5 and although last Sunday it was a joy for priests to read Matthew 5 and preach on the Sermon on the Mount this Sunday there will be a great deal less enthusiasm as the Sermon on the Mount talks about sin.   Few priests in the UK and Ireland will want to preach the Jesus of Scripture as he talks about sin and hell and the need to avoid sin to the point of sacrificing self.  It would upset the Community if the Jesus of Scripture rather than the merciful Jesus, who would condemn nobody and does not really care how we live as long as we give to the poor, was  preached.   No, all that stuff about adultery even if we look at a woman, or plucking out an eye if it condemns us to sin, and worse making those who go to receive Communion feel guilty when  their conscience is clear even though He was the one who condemned them  as adulterers because they divorced and remarried.  No, this is a judgemental Jesus  who is too exclusive for the educarted laity of today.  And what harm are they doing?   Who knows, maybe there will be a priest somewhere who is faithful to Christ and can explain.