Monday of Holy Week

Monday morning of Holy Week Jesus was returning from Bethany where he spent the night at the Home of his friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus to Jerusalem, and as he passes by Bethphage, Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, 'May you never bear fruit again'; and at that instant the fig tree withered and died.

Jesus condemns the fig tree because it was not bearing fruit. Oh, the tree was busy - busy making leaves, but it wasn’t bearing fruit.

The fig tree was a prophetic sign. Jesus expects us to bear fruit in three ways:

·       A deeper life of prayer – which is just friendship with Jesus

·       Growth in virtue

·       Spiritual friendship whereby we help them to friendship with Jesus.