First Sorrowful Mystery

THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN

• Jesus comes with his disciples to Gethsemani: “Stay here, while I go yonder and pray.”
• Entering the garden with Peter, James, and John, Jesus prays, “My soul is sorrowful unto death.”
• Jesus sees the sins of all mankind, whose guilt He has taken upon Himself.
• He sees the wrath of the Father which His sufferings must appease.
• So great is his anguish that His sweat becomes as drops of blood falling to the ground.
• An angel appears to Him from heaven to strengthen Him.
• “Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet, not My will but Yours be done.”
• Finding the disciples asleep: “Could you not watch one hour with me?”
• Jesus is betrayed by Judas, cruelly bound and led away.
• Father, by the merits of the agony of Jesus in the Garden, have mercy on us and on the whole world.