With His grace, we can be obedient. 0000009523 00000 n 0000012426 00000 n 0000080476 00000 n This was Jesus’ spiritual agony, something even more painful than His physical agony. 0000015845 00000 n

0000075257 00000 n The letter to the Hebrews tells us that He was truly heard because of His reverence, that is to say, because of His obedience. 0000085919 00000 n 0000015915 00000 n In the second reading this Sunday, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we read: In the days when Christ was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Again, perhaps we find this experience among human beings most dramatic in the descriptions of the mystic saints and the dark night of the soul. Jesus obeyed God His Father in the midst of the most terrible darkness of the soul. Catholic Online has many special features to help you find the information you are looking for. 0000075307 00000 n Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! Catholic Bible 365 Audio readings from the Bible to help you read it in 365 Days! Saint Paul wrote to the Romans: For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience, many will be made righteous. Gardens Ecological Concerns Eden Adam, Priviledges. When we find this difficult, as it often can be, we can fall on our knees beside Jesus in Gethsemane and He will teach us how to obey.

The evangelists tell us that Jesus was greatly distressed and troubled. It is a feeling of desolation and abandonment. or Why have you forsaken me? 0000083665 00000 n Catholic Online is a Project of Your Catholic Voice Foundation, a Not-for-Profit Corporation. The salvation of us all really rests on this fiat of Jesus. 0000014007 00000 n 0000005553 00000 n 0000002982 00000 n They also provide us with a feeling of Christ’s union with us when we experience physical pain and illness. The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane was an event in the life of Jesus from the New Testament, between the Farewell Discourse at the conclusion of the Last Supper and Jesus' arrest. trailer Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will.” – Mark 14:36.

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And, as Hebrews tells us, His prayer was heard because of His reverence.

With His grace, we can follow in His footsteps from Gethsemane to Calvary, knowing that Calvary is not the end, rather the empty tomb is, glorification in heaven is. Thank you. Apologetics. Then it would have pitied a man to see the falling down of the multitude of all sorts, and the fear of the high priest being in such an agony. Reflecting on these aspects of the passion moves our hearts, helps us to appreciate the depth of God’s love for us. Jesus is our model for doing God’s will and nowhere is this seen more dramatically than in His experience of the passion, especially his agony in the garden, and his prayer in the midst of that agony: nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done. This is Jesus’ act of obedience to the will of His Father. If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving.

Our Lord carried all this iniquity as if it were His own. Susanna 1:36 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And the elders said, As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the garden doors, and sent the maids away. He had not committed them, but He bore them.

- Lesson 6 - ... Can you renew your support to help us meet the demand. Jesus’ soul descended into the abyss.

Isaiah wrote: It was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured … he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins.

0000083971 00000 n This verse is taken from the Douay-Rheims Bible: “And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.” – Luke 22:44 If Jesus “sweat became as drops of blood” did he really sweat blood or was his sweat like blood? When we face suffering, we also pray that God will take it away.

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The Agony in the Garden.

Most Relevant Verses. Yet, he experienced the terrible horror of sin since He was about to carry all the sins of mankind. The Bible itself is the primary source of evidence about Jesus Christ, and it’s also the primary source for the ... and the first lesson looks at Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. The_Way November 12, 2009, 9:48pm #1. 0000024827 00000 n Through his obedience, all are made righteous, Saint Paul says. All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U.S. and International copyright laws, © Copyright 2020 Catholic Online.

Home; About; Calendar; Tag Archives: Agony in the Garden Day 74 – March 15. These sufferings remind us of the horrible physical torment Jesus underwent for love of us. Horticulture Yielding To Temptation. But Jesus’ experience of this was something infinitely more painful. The divine Son freely consented with His human will. The Gethsemane experience ends not in defeat but in victory. Submit a story, ask a question, or get in touch with our staff. %%EOF In Gethsemane, Jesus obeyed His Father’s will. We meditate on His scourging at the pillar and His crowning with thorns. With His grace, we can share in the mystery of His redemptive suffering. It was the burden of the mystery of the world’s sin which lay on His heart.

0000003124 00000 n Luke 22:42-44 . Stay up to date with the latest news, information, and special offers. 0000004345 00000 n 0000009008 00000 n 0000080165 00000 n But I’d like to reflect with you on the interior or spiritual aspect of Jesus’ passion which had its culminating moment in Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane. This obedience has brought blessings to the whole human race. At different times in our life, we may find it easy to pray with Jesus: Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. We see this in Mary, the Mother of Sorrows, who because of her sinlessness and her complete union with her Son in His redemptive suffering, was assumed body and soul into heaven. Verse Concepts. God bless, Agony in the Garden. An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 0000077894 00000 n And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. Today’s Catholic offers advertising opportunities both online and in print.

God has an infinite hatred of sin, so the nearness of sin naturally brought also the experience of the distance of God.

We are called to imitate the fiat of Jesus in the garden, His obedience to the Father. What was the torment going on inside Jesus?

With His grace, we can be partners in the paschal mystery. Some of the great mystic saints describe a similar experience, what Saint John of the Cross called the “dark night of the soul.” Our soul can be filled with great sorrow, fear, even desperation when God allows us to see clearly our own sinfulness. 0000078148 00000 n Scriptural depiction. The letter to the Hebrews says that Jesus learned obedience from what He suffered. 0000042250 00000 n 0000076846 00000 n y 39 Then going out he went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 0000034245 00000 n This suffering of Jesus was the greatest suffering ever endured in the history of the human race.

0000008909 00000 n Cultivation east Literal Planting Land, Spiritual Aspects Of. 583 0 obj <>stream 0000010122 00000 n The Gethsemane experience was Jesus’ anticipation of bearing the guilt of all the sins of human history as if it were His own. Saint of the Day for Friday, Oct 9th, 2020. He said yes to the passion, to dying for the sins of the human race, to drinking the cup of suffering and death. 0000008373 00000 n The Gethsemane experience reached its climax and resolution in those words of Jesus. He said yes to fulfilling in Himself the destiny of the Suffering Servant of God foretold by Isaiah. If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. What was happening in Gethsemane? Perhaps it is best captured in our Lord’s cry from the cross: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 0000025611 00000 n Verse Concepts. He said: My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Any unauthorized use, without prior written consent of Catholic Online is strictly forbidden and prohibited. 0000004765 00000 n 0000007607 00000 n xref It is much more difficult to pray from our hearts the second half of His prayer: nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.

We must seek to obey the Lord and we do so every time we say no to sin and yes to grace. Jesus is the suffering servant foretold by Isaiah who bears the sins of the world. 0000015194 00000 n 0000014772 00000 n Upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole. Your Catholic Voice Foundation has been granted a recognition of tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This passage recalls the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane.