started the Easter 2022 this April 10 with Palm Sunday and, although many are still waiting for Good Thursday and Good Friday -not to mention Resurrection Sunday-, little is known about the Holy Monday. So we ask ourselves, what is the meaning of this day? Here the details.
It is also called ‘Monday of Authority’ and is not characterized by the festivities, masses and liturgies that surround the other days, but by the memory in which Jesus addresses the people to manifest the nature of his power. This event happens after spending the night in Betania, specifically at Lázaro’s house.
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After that, he goes to Jerusalem, in the direction of the temple. It is there where he finds the enclosure converted into a market, where merchants prioritized business over what this space really meant. “My house, house of prayer will be called; but you have turned it into a den of thieves”, he would have exclaimed, according to Saint Matthew.
That yes, special recognition has the passage in which the anointing in Bethany is told during the visit of Jesus in the house of Lazarus. “Mary took a pound of expensive, authentic nard perfume, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of perfume”, is explained in John 12, 1-11.
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This day also marks the beginning of the Eucharistic Celebrations in which the purple color is used; in addition, the moment in which Jesus receives the betrayal of Judas is awaited. With those cloaks is that the contrition and repentance that Christians go through during that moment is evidenced.