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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Holy Thursday 2011

After breaking bread with his disciples and after singing psalms they left for the Mount of Olives.

Matthew 26: 36-40*
"Then Jesus came with them to a small estate called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, 'Stay here while I go over there to pray',  He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him.  And sadness came over him, and great distress.  Then he said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful to the point of death.  Wait here and keep awake with me.'  And going on a little further he fell on his face and prayed, 'My Father' he said 'if it is possible, let this cup pass me by.  Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it.'"

Jesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane
(This photo is of a fine art painting of Jesus © Loveliestdreams | Dreamstime.com)

*Note: Bible verse used in this post is from The Jerusalem Bible, Copyright 1966, Doubleday and Company, Inc. Garden city, New York.