Meditation 63
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
1. On the Way to Gethsemani.
Jesus has just completed the ineffable, holy Mystery of the Supper Room. His hour is approaching. Then, full of courage and determination, He starts on His way to Gethsemani. He knows He will never return. He can count the hours of freedom that still remain. Within a few moments the blood-drenched drama will start. Because He knows it, His heart is in the throes of unspeakable suffering. My soul is very sad unto death. That immense sadness was too well grounded. He could see the Jews arranging to buy Him as though He was a despicable object. Especially He could see Judas carrying through his treachery to the last. He could see all that was awaiting Him. And although He was God, He was also man, and thus had to bear undescribable tortures in His loving and tender heart.
The same tortures were present in the heart of Mary. In spirit the mother accompanied Him everywhere sharing His sufferings, partaking of His anxieties and sorrows. Perhaps by revelation She knew what Judas was plotting. Perhaps she knew how he would decide to give the final blow that very night. And knowing and contemplating everyone of these circumstances Her heart was torn by sorrow. Although far from Jesus in body, She was closely united with Him in spirit. How admirably did She penetrate into the reason and cause of the mortal sadness of the Divine Heart!
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
Jesus has just completed the ineffable, holy Mystery of the Supper Room. His hour is approaching. Then, full of courage and determination, He starts on His way to Gethsemani. He knows He will never return. He can count the hours of freedom that still remain. Within a few moments the blood-drenched drama will start. Because He knows it, His heart is in the throes of unspeakable suffering. My soul is very sad unto death. That immense sadness was too well grounded. He could see the Jews arranging to buy Him as though He was a despicable object. Especially He could see Judas carrying through his treachery to the last. He could see all that was awaiting Him. And although He was God, He was also man, and thus had to bear undescribable tortures in His loving and tender heart.
The same tortures were present in the heart of Mary. In spirit the mother accompanied Him everywhere sharing His sufferings, partaking of His anxieties and sorrows. Perhaps by revelation She knew what Judas was plotting. Perhaps she knew how he would decide to give the final blow that very night. And knowing and contemplating everyone of these circumstances Her heart was torn by sorrow. Although far from Jesus in body, She was closely united with Him in spirit. How admirably did She penetrate into the reason and cause of the mortal sadness of the Divine Heart!
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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