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# Holy Tuesday
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/holy-monday-0/
- Published: 2024-03-26T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T15:02:14.000Z
- Description: On Holy Tuesday, we consider a poem by Christina Rossetti.
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Jake Meador, Holy Week

We won't be publishing normal content this week as we mark the high point in the Christian year: Holy Week. We will, however, be sharing various things related to the week for the edification and encouragement of our readers. 

For Holy Tuesday, I wanted to commend to you this poem on Easter Even by Christina Rossetti:

> There is nothing more that they can do  
> For all their rage and boast;  
> Caiaphas with his blaspheming crew,  
> Herod with his host,  
>  
> Pontius Pilate in his Judgement-hall  
> Judging their Judge and his,  
> Or he who led them all and passed them all,  
> Arch-Judas with his kiss.  
>  
> The sepulchre made sure with ponderous Stone,  
> Seal that same stone, O Priest;  
> It may be thou shalt block the holy One  
> From rising in the east:  
>  
> Set a watch about the sepulchre  
> To watch on pain of death;  
> They must hold fast the stone if One should stir  
> And shake it from beneath.  
>  
> God Almighty, He can break a seal  
> And roll away a Stone,  
> Can grind the proud in dust who would not kneel,  
> And crush the mighty one.  
>  
> \*  
>  
> There is nothing more that they can do  
> For all their passionate care,  
> Those who sit in dust, the blessed few,  
> And weep and rend their hair:  
>  
> Peter, Thomas, Mary Magdalene,  
> The Virgin unreproved,  
> Joseph, with Nicodemus, foremost men,  
> And John the Well-beloved,  
>  
> Bring your finest linen and your spice,  
> Swathe the sacred Dead,  
> Bind with careful hands and piteous eyes  
> The napkin round His head;  
>  
> Lay Him in the garden-rock to rest;  
> Rest you the Sabbath length:  
> The Sun that went down crimson in the west  
> Shall rise renewed in strength.  
>  
> God Almighty shall give joy for pain,  
> Shall comfort him who grieves:  
> Lo! He with joy shall doubtless come again,  
> And with Him bring His sheaves.

Here is [Justin's recap of Holy Tuesday](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/final-week-jesus-tuesday-march-31-ad-33/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).