Tuesday, April 15(2), 2025
Holy Tuesday
Mt. 24:36-26:2

 Today all the people, the priests and Jewish leaders hear the Lord speaking in the Temple for the last time.  And He spoke just about everything; His words embraced the past, present and future.

His question about the baptism of St. John the Forerunner [Mt. 21:23-27] demonstrates that He is truly the Christ, the Messiah; by His parable of the two sons [Mt. 21:28-32] He shows that the Jews are to be rejected, and Gentiles called in their place;  by the parable of the evil husbandmen [Mt. 21:33-44] He warns that the rejected evil-doers are subject to perdition;  in the parable of the marriage of the king’s son [Mt. 22:1-14] He teaches that some of those who will come to Him will be found unworthy and thus will have to be cast into outer darkness;  then, in His answers to the questions about giving tribute to Caesar [Mt. 22:16-22], about the greatest commandment [Mt. 22:35-40], as well as in His words against the Scribes and Pharisees  [Mt. 23:1-39], He sets forth the typical features of a Christian life which leads to salvation;  and, at last, speaking separately to His disciples, Jesus foretells the horrors of the destruction of Jerusalem and reveals the mystery of His Second coming.

Listening carefully to His words was sufficient for getting convinced that He is indeed the Savior of the world, ─ the Christ, ─ and submitting to His commandments and discipline.  And up until this day, reading the Gospel account of what happened that day remains the most powerful means of revival of the Christian faith in the hearts of the people, of raising the awareness of the past, present and future realities, of what we are  and what we ought to be, a means of warming our hearts and making us Christians not only in name but also in deed.

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