Jesus, I Trust in You. Reflection for marriages. Matthew 26:36-42

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From the Gospel according to Matthew 26: 36–42

Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”

Jesus, I Trust in You

It is wonderful, a great gift and a grace that through the Gospel we are able to know the feelings of Jesus. In it, He reveals His emotions to us: moments of joy, tenderness, anger, and also moments of suffering and anguish. Today the Word tells us that, as His Passion drew near, Jesus withdrew to pray and began to feel sorrow and anguish. Sorrow unto death. So much sorrow and anguish that He fell with His face to the ground. In our lives there may also be moments when emotions take hold of us, moments of fear, uncertainty, sadness, and anguish. Moments in which our imagination overwhelms us and makes us suffer even more. Today Jesus teaches us how to live through those moments: in prayer, united with Him, abandoned into His Heart. Repeating from the depths of our soul: Jesus, I trust in You. Jesus, I trust in You.

Jesus keeps watch with us; He does not fall asleep. He remains. He is there. He is always there.

Applied to Married Life

John: Today the suffering feels so heavy that I feel I cannot keep going.

Ily: Take my hand, dear husband; together we can lean on Jesus and rest in Him.

John: Thank you for not leaving me alone in this very difficult moment.

Ily: We are spouses. Marriage is also this: walking together through pain and supporting one another with faith.

John: Lord, even though my heart is weary, I want to surrender myself to You.

Ily: Jesus, give us serenity, strengthen our hope, and remain in our home.

John: When we pray together, I feel the fear slowly disappearing.

Ily: Because Christ gives us a deep peace that no suffering can take away.

John and Ily: Jesus, I trust in You. Jesus, I trust in You.

Mother,

Teach us to remain in your Heart so that we may rest in the Heart of Jesus. Blessed are you, Mother.

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