First Sorrowful Mystery:
The Agony in the Garden

After the Last Supper Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemani. There He fell on His face and prayed long and earnestly. He foresaw hat cruel suffering awaited Him. He also saw before Him all the sins grave and vile, past, present and future, of all men. He understood that many souls would not be thankful to Him and would not benefit by His Passion and Death, and would be eternally lost. His Soul was ready to die with sorrow and He sweated blood. To His Father in Heaven He cried out in pain, "Father, if Thou wilt, remove this chalice from Me: but yet not My will but Thine be done."

FRUIT OF THE MYSTERY: CONTRITION FOR OUR SINS

It is for you that Jesus endured His agony and shed His Precious Blood on the Mount of Olives. The Eternal God suffered for you, ungrateful, sinful creature that you are! Will you not for the future try to love Him more and serve Him better? Think what grief of soul your sins caused your Divine Savior! And yet you pay so little heed to your sins, and have so very little sorrow for them. Confess your ingratitude and indifference. Compassionate Him and thank Him. Repent sincerely and renew in yourself a great horror for sin.






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