Agony in the Garden

NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE

After the Last Supper Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemani and prayed. He prayed that this cup of suffering would be passed, but He accepted it. There on the stone is cut the cup of the Eucharist, with both Species; this addition makes the sculpture not generically Christian, but Catholic Christian.

And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the mount of Olives. And his disciples also followed him. And when he was come to the place, he said to them: Pray, lest ye enter into temptation. And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast; and kneeling down, he prayed, Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: but yet not my will, but thine be done. And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed the longer. And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground. — Luke xxii. 39-44.