March 9th, 2025 - Watch and Pray

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 26:36-46

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Lenten Guided Prayer
"Come to the Living Rock"

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"Watch and Pray"
Lectio Divina
"divine reading"

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What in this passage stands out for you?
a word, phrase, image, action

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What stood out for me
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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Second Reading
What do you see, feel, smell, taste hear? 
Enter and engage with the scene.

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What I noticed: Jesus' emotion
 he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow... he fell with his face to the ground and prayed,

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...and his emotional regulation
he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. 44 So he left them and went away once more and prayed

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Third Reading
What is God/Jesus/Holy Spirit saying to you?

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What I hear:
Struggle is very real.
Be open and honest with questions and doubts and concern.
Jesus felt fully, and also went forward faithfully for us.