Luke 22:42 (WEB)
saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
Catechism · 4
In the Fullness of Time
“Jesus prays before the decisive moments of his mission: before his Father's witness to him during his baptism and Transfiguration, and before his own fulfillment of the Father's plan of love by his Passion.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 3:21; 9:28; 22:41-44.
“When the hour had come for him to fulfill the Father's plan of love, Jesus allows a glimpse of the boundless depth of his filial prayer, not only before he freely delivered himself up (“Abba . . . not my will, but yours."),” — Catechism footnote: Lk 22:42.
The Seven Petitions
“In the prayer of his agony, he consents totally to this will: "not my will, but yours be done."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 22:42; cf. Jn 4:34; 5:30; 6:38.
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“Jesus' obedience to his mother and legal father fulfils the fourth commandment perfectly and was the temporal image of his filial obedience to his Father in heaven. the everyday obedience of Jesus to Joseph and Mary both announced and anticipated the obedience of Holy Thursday: "Not my will. . ."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 22:42.
Fathers and councils · 26
Jerome
“And in another place, “Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Thine be done.”” — editor's note: S. Luke xxii. 42.
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Justin Martyr
“…who followed them, [it is recorded] that His sweat fell down like drops of blood while He was praying, and saying, ‘If it be possible, let this cup pass:’ His heart and also His bones trembling; His heart being like wax melting in His belly: in order that we may perceive that the Father wished His Son really to…” — editor's note: Luke xxii. 44, 42.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Or how do we make them fit for the cup of martyrdom, if we do not first admit them to drink, in the Church, the cup of the Lord by the right of communion?” — editor's note: [Compare Luke xxii. 15, 42 and Ps. cxvi. 13.]
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Ambrose of Milan
““Father,” He says, “if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless not My will but Thine be done.”” — editor's note: S. Luke xxii. 42.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“But remembering, too, the purpose for which He was sent, He fulfils the dispensation (economy) for which He was sent, and exclaims, “Father, not my will,” and, “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”” — editor's note: Luke xxii. 42.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And when He was at the place, He said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.”” — editor's note: Luke xxii. 39–46.
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Tertullian
“The Lord also, when He had wished to demonstrate to us, even in His own flesh, the flesh’s infirmity, by the reality of suffering, said, “Father, remove this Thy cup;” and remembering Himself, added, “save that not my will, but Thine be done.”” — editor's note: Luke xxii. 42.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Then He went before, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvi. 39; St. Mark xiv. 36; St. Luke xxii. 42.
Read the whole comment“I am not come to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me: and again, Therefore hath the Father loved Me because I do all things that are pleasing unto Him: and, Father, Thy will be done.” — editor's note: Cf. St. Matt. xxvi. 39, 42; St. Mark xiv. 36; St. Luke xxii. 42.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“The thief gained the faith which gained him, and brought him up and placed him in paradise.” — editor's note: Luke xxii. 42.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
As He was to be betrayed by His disciple, our Lord goes to the place of His wonted retirement, where He might most easily be found; as it follows, And he came out, and went, as he was want, to the mount of Olives.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
By day He was in Jerusalem, but when the darkness of night came on He held converse with His disciples on the mount of Olives; as it is added, And his disciples followed.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Rightly does He lead the disciples, about to be instructed in the mysteries of His Body, to the mount of Olives, that He might signify that all who arc baptized in His death should be comforted with the anointing of…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Now after supper our Lord betakes Himself not to idleness or sleep, but to prayer and teaching. Hence it follows, And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray, &c.
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It is indeed impossible for the soul of man not to be tempted. Therefore he says not, Pray that ye be not tempted, but, Pray that ye enter not into temptation, that is, that the temptation do not at last overcome you.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But not to do good by words only, He went forward a little and prayed; as it follows, And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast. You will every where find Him praying apart, to teach you that with a devout…
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He also alone prays for all, who was to suffer alone for all, signifying that His prayer is as far distant from ours as His Passion.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
He was torn from them about a stone’s cast, as though He would typically remind them that to Him they should point the stone, that is, up to Him bring the intention of the law which was written on stone.
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
But what meaneth His bending of knees? of which it is said, And he kneeled down, and prayed. It is the way of men to pray to their superiors with their faces on the ground, testifying by the action that the greater…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Now every art is set forth by the words and works of him who teacheth it. Because then our Lord had come to teach no ordinary virtue, therefore He speaks and does the same things. And so having in words commanded to…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
He says then, If thou wilt, remove this cup from me, as man refusing death, as God maintaining His own decree.
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Or He begs the cup to be removed from Him, not indeed from fear of suffering, but from His compassion for the first people, lest they should have to drink the cup first drunk by Him. Therefore He says expressly, not,…
Read the whole comment - Dionysius the AreopagiteCatena Aurea on Luke
Or when He says, Let this cup pass from me, it is not, let it not come to Me, for unless it had come it could not pass away. It was therefore when He perceived it already present that He began to be afflicted and…
Read the whole comment - Athanasius of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
For here He manifests a double will. One indeed human, which is of the flesh, the other divine. For our human nature, because of the weakness of the flesh, refuses the Passion, but His divine will eagerly embraced…
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Now Apollinaris asserts that Christ had not His own will according to His earthly nature, but that in Christ exists only the will of God who descends from heaven. Let him then say what will is it which God would have…
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When He drew near His Passion, the Saviour also took upon Him the words of weak man; as when something threatens us which we do not wish to come to pass, we then through weakness seek that it may not be, to the end…
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Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 103.
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Cited together in Fragments of Discourses or Homilies §3.
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