The First Sorrowful Mystery – The Agony In The Garden

Everyone who commits a sin is a criminal against the good God. So he should be punished. But Jesus, our Savior, came to take the sinner’s place. He asked God to punish Him instead of us who really are the guilty ones. This suffering of Christ we call His Passion. On Holy Thursday after He gave us the Blessed Sacrament, He went into a lonely garden called Gethsemane. He looked ahead and saw all He was going to suffer. He saw all our sins. The thought of His Passion and our sins made Him sweat blood. This blood poured down upon the ground in His agony. Then Judas came with the soldiers. Like a traitor he kissed Jesus. The soldiers then led Jesus away to death. Father, by the merits of the agony of Jesus in the Garden, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Jesus comes with his disciples into the garden "Stay here, while I go and pray."
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

He goes into the garden with Peter, James, and John, Jesus prays.
Hail Mary

Jesus sees the sins of all the people, and takes the sins upon Himself.
Hail Mary...

He says, "My soul is sorrowful; stay here with me."
Hail Mary...

An angel comes to Him from heaven to help Him.
Hail Mary...

He goes back to his disciples and finds them sleeping. He says to Peter, "What? You could not watch one hour with me?"
Hail Mary...

He returns to the garden to pray.
Hail Mary...

He leaves the garden to return to his disciples and finds them asleep again.
Hail Mary...

He returns again from the garden and finds them all asleep.
Hail Mary...

He is all alone. He wakes them up and goes to allow the soldiers to find Him.
Hail Mary...

Glory Be To The Father
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.

Fatima Prayer
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Your Mercy.
Amen.

The Sorrowful Mysteries

The Sorrowful Mysteries tell what happened to Jesus when some people decided to put him to death on a Cross. He had not done anything wrong. In fact, he was always good to people, especially people who were sick or poor. On that day, which is called Good Friday, Jesus was sentenced and put to death. We call Good Friday "good" because God is always good to us no matter how bad things are.

Through everything He went through for us, Jesus knew God was with Him. What happened to Jesus makes us sad, but it reminds us that God is with us, even when bad things happen to us.

In The First Sorrowful Mystery we journey into to the Garden of Gethsemani in Jerusalem. There Jesus prayed for God's help because He knew what was going to happen to Him.

The Second Sorrowful Mystery takes us to the place where the soldiers beat Jesus with whips.

After beating Him, the soldiers put a crown of thorns on His head and made fun of Him. This is the Third Sorrowful Mystery.

Jesus was made to carry a heavy cross on His back to Calvary, the Fourth Sorrowful Mystery.

Finally, Jesus dies on the Cross, which is the Fifth Sorrowful Mystery.

We all know what it is like to be afraid. Someone has hurt us and made fun of us. Have you ever been hurt by someone, or made fun of? Perhaps it looked like people didn't care what happened to you at all. Have you ever had to do something very hard or painful? Maybe you were very sick, and it seemed like you were going to be sick forever?

Jesus felt all these and more when He was condemned to death and Crucified. Through these Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, Jesus tells us not to give up, even when things are very bad. God will help us through, God will give us the strength to go on.