Holy Monday Feast
The Monday of Holy Week. Jesus drives the traders from the temple at Jerusalem and quotes Mark 11:17 - my house shall be called a house of prayer - and John 12:24 sets the week's terms: unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies.
When it falls
Monday
The verses for the day
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.John 12:24
- And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. {of all...: or, an house of prayer for all nations}Mark 11:17
The place
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the holiest city in Judaism and Christianity, central to the biblical narrative. King David captured it and made it his capital, and his son Solomon built the First Temple there. It was the site of Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and the birth of the Christian church at Pentecost. The city has been destroyed and rebuilt multiple times throughout history.
