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And leaving them, He went again. And kneeling down, He
                            prayed the third time, saying the selfsame word: "Father, if Thou wilt, remove this chalice from
Me; but yet not My will, but Thine be done."

                                And being in an agony, He prayed the longer, with a strong cry and tears. And His sweat became as
                                drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground. And there appeared to Him an angel from Heaven,
strengthening Him.

                            And when He rose up from prayer, and was come the third time to His disciples, He found them
            sleeping for sorrow. And He said to them: "Sleep ye now, and take your rest."

Mathew 26:30, 36-45; Mark 14:26, 32-41; Luke 22:39-46;
John 18: 1-2; Hebrews 5:7

Jesus' Interior Prayer and Lamentation

                                The Lord hath made a vintage of Me, as He spoke in the day of His fierce anger. I am poured out
                                    like water, and all My bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of My
                                bowels. For My life is wasted with grief, and My years in sighs. My strength is weakened and My
bones are disturbed.

                                    Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, and My bowels are troubled. My heart is turned within Me, for
                                    I am full of bitterness. Rebuke Me not, O Lord, in Thy indignation, nor chastise Me in Thy wrath.
                                        For Thy arrows are fastened in Me, and Thy hand hath been strong upon Me. I am taken away like the
                                    shadow when it declineth. My knees are weakened through fasting, and My flesh is changed for oil.
                                    They are multiplied above the hairs of My head, who hate Me without cause. My enemies are grown
                                        strong, who have wrongfully persecuted Me. Then did I pay that which I took not away.12 They have
heard that I sigh, and there is none to comfort Me. All My enemies have heard of My evil, and they
have rejoiced that Thou hast

12 I pay that which I took not away: Christ in His Passion made restitution of what He had not
taken away, by suffering the punishment due to our sins, and so repairing the injury we had done to
God.
repairing the injury we had done to God.