Petitionary Prayer & God’s Will - Week 6: Saturday

Luke 22:41-44

And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly, then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

St. John Chrysostom

And He prays with earnestness, in order that the thing might not seem to be acting. And sweats flow over him for the same cause again, even that the heretics might not say this, that He acts the agony. Therefore there is a sweat like drops of blood, and an angel appeared strengthening Him, and a thousand sure signs of fear, lest anyone should affirm the words to be feigned. For this cause also was this prayer. By saying then, “If it be possible, let it pass from me, He showed His humanity; but by saying, Nevertheless not as I will, but as You will,” He showed His virtue and self-command, teaching us even when nature pulls us back, to follow God.