John 8:28 So Jesus
said,
"When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I
am he.
Passiontide awakes
every response to Jesus. Many believed in Jesus and some openly mocked him when
he warned them about their sin of unbelief.
Jesus gives us the
Holy Spirit that we may have power to be his witnesses of Christ's Cross.
Moving quickly from
controversy, on the Mount of Olives Jesus suffers his agony for all souls.
This Prayer speaks
in the language of the Sacred Heart. (Imprimatur: local Bishop. 1963. San
Giovanni Rotondo 1965, may suggest St. Padre Pio source).
PRAYER TO JESUS, AGONISING ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
My
soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay here and watch.
(St. Mark XIV-34).
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 ofGethsemane, and who spread devotion to
it. 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 subjected.
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
recognise and fulfil Thy will; grant that I may ponder continually on Thy
heart-wrenching struggle on how Thou didst emerge victoriously, in order to
fulfil, 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 dist 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.
PROMISES TO DEVOTEES OF
THE AGONY OF JESUS ON
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
Again and again
calls of My Love flow from My Heart. They fill the souls in which the fire
of love lights up and sometimes even sets ablaze the heart. It is this,
the voice of My Heart, which travels and also reaches those who do not want to
hear Me, and who, therefore, do not notice Me. However, inside of them I
speak to all, and My Voice will speak to all, because I love them all.
He, who knows the
Commandment of Love is not surprised that I cannot help knocking at the door of
those who resist Me, and forced me, so to speak, by their rejection, to repeat
My loving invitation to them.
Why, what else can
My calls be, full of flowing love, than the will of love of a loving
God. Who wants to save His Creatures? However, I know very well, that
not many wish to follow My generous invitation, and that even the few who do
accept, must strive hard to receive Me.
Well then! I
shall show even more, generosity (as if I had not been generous enough up to
now), and I shall do this by giving all of you a precious Gem of My
Love. I have decided to open a dam, in order to let flow the torrent of My
Graces, which My Heart can no longer hold back.
Look what I have to
offer you in return for a little love from you:
1. To all those
who remember My Agony, with love and devotion, at least once a day; forgiveness
of all sins and the certainty of salvation for their souls in the hour of their
death.
2. Total and
everlasting repentance to those who will have a Mass celebrated
in honour of My AgonisingSuffering in
the Garden of Gethsemane.
3. Success in
spiritual matters to all those, who impress on others, love and devotion to My
Agonies on the Mount of Olives.
4. Finally, and
in order to prove to you that I want to break open a dam of My Heart so as to
let flow a flood of My Graces, I promise those who spread this devotion to My
agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, the following three graces:
a Total
and final victory over the worst temptation to which they are subjected;
b. Direct
power to save poor souls from purgatory;
c. Great
enlightenment and strength to fulfil My Will.
All of these, My
precious gifts, I will definitely give to those who carry what I had said, and
who, therefore, remember and venerate with love and sympathy. My great,
incomprehensible Agony on the Mount of Olives.
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On
following years, a Guest has attended Nunraw Retreat in Lent, and loved to
obtain and distribute copies of this Prayer Leaflet.
