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Hey there, Sprouse. Today is Thursday, April 11, 2019. And, and today is Thursday, April 11th, 2019, and we are still in the fifth week of Lent.

This week on the Catholic Sprauds podcast, we are looking to our example and teacher, Jesus Christ,

specifically on what he can teach us about prayer. So far this week,

we have already talked about how prayer is simple. It's simply coming into the presence of God,

which we can do in many different ways. From Jesus, we've learned that we need to pray first, not last. We've learned that it can be

beautiful to memorize prayers, especially the Our Father, which he gave to us himself. And yesterday we

looked at the important of knowing and memorizing scripture. This is something that we see Jesus do over and over

again as he prays and as he talks about the faith. And it is something that we should do too. We should not

only read scripture, but memorize scripture. Today we are going to talk about the emotion of prayer. We are going to look

to one specific story from the gospel, something that we will be thinking a lot about next week,

since next week is Holy Week, and that event is the agony in the garden. Like I've said, we see Jesus pray many times

throughout the gospel. Sometimes we just hear that he is going to a deserted place to pray. The beautiful

thing about the agony in the garden is that we get to hear the actual words that Jesus is saying as he prays.

Now, in case you don't know this story, here is a little bit about the agony in the garden.

Jesus celebrated the Passover meal with his disciples, and while there, he instituted the Eucharist.

This all happened at the last supper.

After the meal, Jesus took a couple of his close disciples and went to the Garden of Gassimony.

It was late at night, and he knew that he would soon be betrayed and handed over to be crucified.

Clearly, he felt everything that we would feel. He felt dread and fear.

So he went into the garden that night to pray. He says lots of things, but he says this, and this is from

the Gospel of Matthew in the 26th chapter. Jesus says, my father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it,

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