Tonight, Jesus went into a garden and took on alone the burden of the sins and sorrows of the world.

Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink—

Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook

And this is the unshakeable claim of his Lordship over us, and the seal of his eternal greatness, and the blazing light of his glory. By being the servant of all, he made known that he was the greatest among us.

He shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it unto the Father, spotless, saying: I have overcome and have trodden the wine-press alone, even the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.


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