Prayer To Jesus,
Agonizing on the Mount of Olives
O Jesus, through the abundance of Thy
love, and in order to overcome our hardheartedness, Thou pourest out torrents of Thy
graces over those who reflect on Thy most Sacred Sorrow in the Garden of Gethsemane, and
who spread devotion to Thee. I pray Thee, move my soul and my heart to think often,
at least once a day, of Thy most bitter Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, in order to
communicate with Thee and to be united with Thee as closely as possible.
O blessed Jesus, Thou, who carried
the immense burden of our sins that night, and atoned for them fully; grant me the most
perfect gift of complete repentant love over my numerous sins, for which Thou didst sweat
blood.
O blessed Jesus, for the sake of
Thy most bitter struggle in the Garden of Gethsemane, grant me final victory over all
temptations, especially over those to which I am most subject.
O suffering Jesus, for the sake of
Thy inscrutable and indescribable agonies, during that night of betrayal, and of Thy
bitterest anguish of mind, enlighten me, so that I may recognize and fulfill Thy will;
grant that I may ponder continually on Thy heart-wrenching struggle and on how Thou didst
emerge victoriously, in order to fulfill, not Thy will, but the will of Thy Father.
Be Thou blessed, O Jesus, for all
Thy sighs on that holy night; and for the tears which Thou didst shed for us.
Be Thou blessed, O Jesus, for Thy
sweat of blood and the terrible agony, which Thou didst suffer lovingly in coldest
abandonment and in inscrutable loneliness.
Be Thou blessed, O sweetest Jesus,
filled with immeasurable bitterness, for the prayer which flowed in trembling agony from
Thy Heart, so truly human and divine.
Eternal Father, I offer Thee all
the past, present, and future Masses together with the blood of Christ shed in agony in
the Garden of Sorrow at Gethsemane.
Most Holy Trinity, grant that the
knowledge, and thereby the love, of the agony of Jesus on the Mount of Olives will spread
throughout the whole world.
Grant, O Jesus, that all who look
lovingly at Thee on the Cross, will also remember Thy immense Suffering on the Mount of
Olives, that they will follow Thy example, learn to pray devoutly and fight victoriously,
so that, one day, they may be able to Glorify Thee eternally in Heaven.
Amen.
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