Monday, April 02, 2007


Not too long ago, I received a comment asking how we can motivate ourselves to think of Calvary during the season of Lent. The comment goes on to talk about all the things that get in our way in not only thinking about the scene at Calvary, but God in general. Work, school, and all sorts of things get in our way and it's difficult to focus.

This is what I am doing to help re-focus on the saving work of our Lord. This week, being Holy Week, I will go through each of the five sorrowful mysteries with comments and prayers to not only help those of you who read my posts but to help re-focus myself. I would also like to add that most of what I will post is not original, but I will simply tell the truth the way that I see it without giving two-pence what anyone thinks about it (thank you C.S. Lewis).


The Agony in the Garden


This is quite possibly the most overlooked step in the Passion of our Lord. Jesus goes away with His best buds to pray and He is freaked out about what He has to do, and His friends fall asleep and He gets mad and then it happens. No, I would disagree whole-heatedly. I would say that this was most painful for Jesus.

Jesus goes away with the most trusted of His disciples, His inner-circle, His best friends, and when He needs them the most, they fall asleep on Him. He is in so much anguish about what He must do, that His sweat was like drops of blood. Think about this, Jesus is perfect in every way, for He is fully God and fully man. He's fully man and He has fear and sorrow, but He is also fully God and is omniscient. He KNEW what was going to happen to Him. He KNEW the pain and the hurt. He could feel the whips, the thorns, the weight of the cross, the nails, and the spear thrust right there in the garden. Yet, knowing all this He was still obedient to death, even a death on a cross.

Lord, You felt so much sorrow in the Garden of Gethsemane and Your friends could not even stay awake to be with You. Help us to stay awake and pray as You asked, to not be put to the test.
Lord, Your suffering in the garden was most intense and when we look at You there and come to You, and tell You that what You have done is enough, You look right back at us and tell us "No, I must go on, because you are worth it."

God Love You

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