And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
Satan works both ways: he drowns us in sleep when we dread no danger, and when fear and sorrow should drive us to prayer, he overwhelms our senses so they do not rise to God. Even the three chief disciples fell asleep again after sharp reproof, what hope for the rest? Christ's repeated prayer teaches us not to grow weary if we do not obtain our wishes at once; a repulse should not extinguish the ardor of prayer.
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Christ prayed the third time to the same purpose, not in identical words but in substance: that the cup might pass from Him. Yet His prayer was truly resigned to His Father's will and determined submission to it. The content and aim remained the same, though the form of words differed from the first petition.
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