Tuesday of Holy Week: Traditional Commentary and Chant

Jesus Goes Up to Jerusalem - James Tissot

   "To-day, again, our Saviour sets out in the morning for Jerusalem. His intention is to repair to the temple, and continue his yesterday's teachings. It is evident that his mission on earth is fast drawing to its close. He says to his Disciples: You know that after two days shall be the Pasch, and the Son of Man shall be delivered up to be crucified. [St Matth., xxvi. 2].
   "Having entered the City, Jesus directs his steps towards the Temple. No sooner has he entered, than the Chief Priests, the Scribes, and the Ancients of the people, accost him with these words: By what authority dost thou these things? [St Mark, xi. 28] and who has given thee this authority, that thou shouldst do these things? We shall find our Lord's answer given in the Gospel. . . .
   "As on the two preceding days, Jesus leaves the City towards evening: he passes over Mount Olivet, and returns to Bethania, where he finds his Blessed Mother and his devoted friends.
   "In to-day's Mass, the Church reads the history of the Passion according to St. Mark, who wrote his Gospel the next after St. Matthew: hence it is, that the second place is assigned to him. His account of the Passion is shorter than St. Matthew's, of which it would often seem to be a summary; and yet certain details are peculiar to this Evangelist, and prove him to have been an eye-witness. . . . St. Mark was the disciple of St. Peter, and that his Gospel was written under the very eye of the Prince of the Apostles."

Introit: Nos Autem Gloriari

   "Three days hence, and the Cross will be lifted up on Calvary, bearing upon itself the Author of our Salvation. The Church, in the Introit of to-day's Mass, bids us at once pay our homage to this trophy of our victory, and glory in it."

   Choeur Grégorien de Paris - Introit. Nos autem gloriari


Nos autem gloriari oportet
In cruce Domini nostri Jesu Christi:
In quo est salus, vita, et resurrectio nostra:
Per quem salvati et liberati sumus.
Ps. Deus misereatur nostri, et benedicat nobis:
Illuminet vultum suum super nos,
Et misereatur nostri.
Nos autem.

But it behooves us to glory
In the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ:
In whom is our salvation, life and resurrection;
By whom we are saved and delivered.
Ps. May God have mercy on us and bless us;
May the light of His countenance shine upon us;
And may He have mercy on us.
But it behooves us.

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