The Agony in the Garden — Ignatius of Loyola

Imaginative Contemplation

The Agony in the Garden

Ignatius of Loyola · 1491–1556

In the dark of the olive grove, Jesus kneels alone in dread, and surrenders: not my will, but yours. Keep the watch the others could not, and learn to pray your own hard cup with him.

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St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (composition of place, §47; colloquium, §54). Scripture: Luke 22:39–46, World English Bible.