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A true treasure of spiritual insights, this little booklet contains the remarkable meditations on the Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane by Blessed Padre Pio, the stigmatist priest. One of his few writings, the booklet also includes many pictures of Blessed Padre Pio from throughout his ministry. Padre Pio's beautiful and descriptive manner of writing provide a wonderful spiritual insight into that last night of Jesus' human life.Excerpt:"Jesus has returned to His place of prayer, and another picture, more terrible than the first, presents itself to Him. All our sins with their entire ugliness parade before Him in every detail. He must clothe Himself with this entire unclean mass of human corruption and present Himself before the sanctity of His Father, to expiate everything with individual pains, to render Him all that glory of which they have robbed Him, to cleanse that human cesspool in which man wallows with contemptible indifference.And all this does not make Him retreat. As a raging sea this mass inundates Him, enfolds Him, oppresses Him. Behold Him before His Father the God of Justice, facing the full penalty of divine justice. He, the essence of purity, sanctity by nature, in contact with sin, indeed, as if He Himself had become a sinner! Who can fathom the disgust that He feels in His innermost spirit? The horror He feels? The nausea, the contempt He senses so vividly? And having taken all upon Himself, nothing excepted, He is crushed by this immense weight, oppressed, thrown down, prostrated. Exhausted, He groans beneath the weight of Divine Justice, before His Father, Who has permitted His Son to offer Himself as a Victim for sin, as one accursed."

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 juin 1992
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781505104332
Langue	English

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The Agony of Jesus
In the Garden of Gethsemane
St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M. CAP .
Imprimatur:
JOANNES GREGORIUS MURRAY, Archbishop Sancti Pauli Paulopoli die 30a Novembris 1952
Copyright © 1974 by TAN Books.
Originally published by Fathers Rumble and Carty, Radio Replies Press, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. U.S.A.
Complete and Unabridged
Padre Pio celebrated the 50th anniversary of his stigmata on September 20, 1968. Three days later, on September 23, 1968, he passed away. Padre Pio was canonized on June 16, 2002.
The photographs used in this booklet are inserted with the permission of the copyright owner, Federico Abresch of San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
Front cover photo courtesy of National Center for Padre Pio.
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina www.TANBooks.com 2013
Editor’s Foreword
Among some writings in my possession are those of a devout religious, to whom I am bound by the bond of blood, the priesthood and the Seraphic vocation as well as a common birthplace. They include this meditation on THE AGONY OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, from which my spirit draws motives for an ever greater devotion to the most sacred Humanity of Christ. Certain that the spread of this meditation would produce much good in souls, who from the Passion of Jesus draw the daily food for their life of union with God, I believed that I would perform a meritorious deed in having it printed.
May Jesus suffering in the Garden find our hearts always ready to respond to the inspirations of grace in order to act in such a manner that all fulfill in their members as St. Paul says: “. . . what is lacking of the sufferings of Christ.” ( Colossians 1:24)
Fr. Ezechia Cardone, O.F.M.
Benevento, at St. Paschal, March 25, 1952.
Translator’s Preface
As mentioned in the Foreword of the Editor, the original manuscript of this meditation is in his possession. Fr. Ezechia is a cousin of Fr. Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M. Cap., the author, who wrote the meditation many years ago. Fr. Ezechia, wishing to share this treasure with others obtained the permission both of his superiors and of Fr. Pio to have it printed. He likewise gave the permission for the English translation and its publication.
When beginners in the spiritual life are first introduced to mental prayer they are taught methods, plans, etc. of meditation. First the preparatory prayer, then a vivid representation of a Gospel scene, which should be contemplated, considering persons, actions, words, possible emotions of those in the scene. From this consideration the soul proceeds to acts of love, contrition, humility, petition, resignation to God’s Will, etc., as the subject matter may suggest. At the end comes the application and prayer for grace to practice some virtue.
Some, not understanding the nature of true prayer (which is conversation with God) make the big mistake of thinking that each of these parts must be kept as in an airtight compartment, one may not interfere with the other, none may overlap. Contemplating a scene, thinking over a truth is not yet prayer. In most cases it is a necessary preparation. It is fuel but it is not yet fire. When affections arise the intellectual work should cease—even if this happens at the very beginning. When the affections seem to fade away, the mind turns again to the scene or truth—more fuel is sought for the fire—love. The consideration has its proper value. The deeper the impression, the deeper the affections, with the help of grace, of course. Thus the various so-called parts of the plan of meditation must be interwoven as the soul is moved by grace. After all prayer is a response to a movement of grace. It is a: “Yes, Father!” to an inspiration from above.
This meditation by Fr. Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M.Cap., is an excellent example of how the soul freely gives itself up to the movements of grace. Freely the various parts of meditation are interwoven; thoughts, affections, petitions flow naturally.
The beautiful preparatory prayer humbly beseeches the Holy Spirit for enlightenment and for an inflaming of the heart, to make a good meditation on the Passion of Christ. Our Sorrowful Mother is asked to guide him, and the Guardian Angel to guard his faculties in this prayer.
Each of the four parts begins with a picture of the scene. But that is not enough. Throughout the meditation we get glimpses of the unfolding of the drama, the most sacred and terrifying drama. The pictures live. Likewise the personal applications, acts of love, humility, contrition, submission to the Will of God come up again and again. A final prayer, resume of the divine tragedy, a petition to obtain the corresponding graces, closes the meditation.
Spiritual writers recommend that one try to identify oneself with the scene upon which one meditates, as if one were an actual witness. The author seems to see Christ, shudders at the inhumanity of the sufferings, suffers with the suffering Christ, speaks with Him, prays with Him.
But do not make this meditation a mere study on prayer. Read it prayerfully, live the scenes with the author, share in his devout aspirations, affections, petitions, and especially his acts of love for the Saviour.

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