The Agony in the Garden - First Sorrowful Mystery

Then going out he went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. When he arrived at the place he said to them, "Pray that you may not undergo the test." After withdrawing about a stone's throw from them and kneeling, he prayed, saying, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done." And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him. He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.

When he arose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief. He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not undergo the test." While he was still speaking, a crowd approached and in front was one of the Twelve, a man named Judas. He went up to Jesus to kiss him. Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" His disciples realized what was about to happen, and they asked, "Lord, shall we strike with a sword?"

And one of them struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. But Jesus said in reply, "Stop, no more of this!" Then he touched the servant's ear and healed him. And Jesus said to the chief priests and temple guards and elders who had come for him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? Day after day I was with you in the temple area and you did not seize me; but this is your hour, the time for the power of darkness."

Luke 22: 39-53

I Desire True Repentance for My Sins

Think of... Our Lord Jesus in the garden of Gethsemani, suffering a bitter agony for our sins.

The Our Father

Scourging at the Pillar - Second Sorrowful Mystery

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged.

John 19:1

I Desire a Spirit of Mortification

Think of... The cruel scourging at the pillar that our Lord suffered; the heavy blows that tore His flesh.

The Our Father

Crowning of Thorns - Third Sorrowful Mystery

And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

And they struck him repeatedly.

John 19: 2-3

I Desire Moral Courage.

Think of... The crown of sharp thorns that was forced upon our Lord's Head and the patience with which He endured the pain for our sins.

The Our Father

Carrying of the Cross - Fourth Sorrowful Mystery

As they led him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country; and after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus.

A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, weep instead for yourselves and your children, for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, `Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and breasts that never nursed. At that time people will say to the mountains, `Fall upon us!' and to the hills, `Cover us!' for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?"

Luke 23: 26-32

I Desire the Virtue of Patience

Think of... The heavy Cross, so willingly carried by our Lord, and ask Him to help you to carry your crosses without complaint.

The Our Father

The Crucifixion - Fifth Sorrowful Mystery

When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, and the other on his left.

[Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."]

They divided his garments by casting lots. The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said, "He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God." Even the soldiers jeered at him.

As they approached to offer him wine they called out, "If you are King of the Jews, save yourself." Above him there was an inscription that read, "This is the King of the Jews."

Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us." The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, "Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we recieved corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal."

Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit;" and when he had said this he breathed his last.

Luke 23: 33-46

I Desire the Grace of Final Perseverance

Think of... The love which filled Christ's Sacred Heart during His three hours' agony on the Cross, and ask Him to be with you at the hour of death.

The Our Father

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