![]() It is important to observe how the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane begins, in the oldest source, which is Mark: "Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee" (Mark 14:36). He asks that they support him in prayer, that they pray with him: "So you could not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray" (Matthew 26:40). We must not deceive ourselves: It is true that Jesus in Gethsemane also sought the company of his friends, but, why did he seek it? Not so that they would say good words to him, to be distracted or consoled. Jesus teaches the first thing to be done in these cases: to turn to God in prayer. In short, what the saints have called "the dark night of the soul." ![]() ![]() But there can be more profound causes: the loss of the meaning of God, the overwhelming awareness of one's sin and unworthiness, the impression of having lost the faith. The causes can be very numerous and different: a threat to our health, a lack of appreciation of the environment, the indifference of someone close to us, the fear of the consequences of some error committed. Human life is strewn with many little nights of Gethsemane. These words were written by the evangelist Luke (22:44), with a clear pastoral intention: To show the Church of his time, subjected already to situations of struggle and persecution, what the master taught in such hardships. "Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly" "Life Is Strewn With Many Little Nights of Gethsemane" "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly" (Luke 22:44)
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