57. Lenten Series: Sorrowful Mysteries - Agony in the Garden

Today, we kick off our Lenten Series on the Sorrowful Mysteries. I have been wanting to enter into a deeper reflection and look at the beautiful mysteries of the Rosary for quite some time. I couldn't think of a more fitting time to dive headfirst into exploring the sorrowful mysteries than Lent itself.

The agony in the garden gives us a real look into the vulnerable and authentic humanness of Christ. With deep sorrow and pain, Jesus falls with his face to the ground and prays to God the Father to take this cup of suffering from him. This is something we can all relate to. We are often faced with great pain and agony and find ourselves pleading in prayer to our Heavenly Father to take our current suffering away. Yet, even knowing the excruciating steps of calvary, the pain of the cross and the weight of death itself, Christ deeply desired to do the Father's will when he says, "Not as I will, but as you will."

This is a beautiful reminder for us all to live as Christ, by surrendering to the most perfect will of our Heavenly Father.

We should find hope and strength in knowing that although it was in a garden that man first broke his relationship with God (Adam), it is through Jesus submitting himself to the Father's will in a garden that man's relationship with God begins to be restored. 

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