Holy Tuesday Feast
The Tuesday of Holy Week, spent teaching in the temple and then on the Mount of Olives. The readings are about watching - Matthew 24:42 - and about what will be asked at the end: whatever you did to the least of these (Matthew 25:40).
When it falls
The verses for the day
The place
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.
The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge east of Jerusalem with profound significance in Jesus' life. He often went there to pray, delivered the Olivet Discourse about end times, and spent his last night in the Garden of Gethsemane at its base. Jesus ascended to heaven from this mountain, and Zechariah prophesied that the Messiah would return there.
