r thus separate us from one
another?"

John replied, "Alas, we are to be witnesses," and Peter continued, "Ye
know, brethren, we were the witnesses of his transfiguration on the
mountain, but now, what is it that we have to see?"

Slowly Peter, James and John, who were sitting apart, fell asleep.

Jesus having reached the grotto, said, "This hour must come upon
me--the hour of darkness. For this it was that I came into the world."
Then falling upon his knees he clasped his hands, and looking up to
heaven cried, with a great and pitiful voice, "Father, my Father! If
it be possible, and with thee all things are possible, let this cup
pass from me!" Then Jesus fell upon his face on the ground and
remained silent for a while. Then again he rose upon his knees and
cried, "Yes, Father, not as I will, but as thou wilt!" Then standing
up, he looked toward heaven and slowly returned to the three disciples.

And lo, when he approached he found them asleep. "Simon," he said.

Simon Peter, as in a dream, rubbed his head and said, "Alas, my master."

Jesus said, "Simon, dost thou sleep?"

Peter, rousing himself, said, "Master, here I am."

Jesus said, "Could you not watch with me one hour?"

Peter cried, "O, Master, forgive."

The apostles said, "Rabbi, sleep has overpowered us."

Then said Jesus, "Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation."

The apostles answered, "Yes, Lord, we will watch and pray."

Then said Jesus unto them; "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh
is weak." So saying he turned from them, and again slowly walked
toward the grotto.

Praying he said, "My Father, thy demand is just, thy decrees are holy,
thou claimest this sacrifice." Then falling upon his knees, he prayed,
saying, "Father, the strife is hot." Falling upon his face he remained
silent for a time, then raising himself again he cried, "Yes, Father,
if this cup may not pass from me unless I drink it, Father thy will be
done." Then standing up he said, "Holy One, it will be completed by me
in righteousness."

Then once more he came back to his sleeping disciples; this time he did
not rouse them.

"Are also your eyes so heavy that you could not watch?" he said. "Ah,
my most trusted ones, even among you I find no consolation."

Then returning over the rocky road which led to the grotto he paused
for a moment in sorrow, while a great sorrow overwhelmed him. "Oh, how
dark it grows around me; the anguish of death en