More than once in His public ministry, Our Lord walked unharmed through angry crowds seeking to kill Him. "His hour had not yet come." But as the torch-bearing mob surrounded Him in Gethsemane, He knew the appointed time had arrived.

Then Jesus said to [Peter] ... "Do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once send Me more than twelve legions of angels?" ... At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture Me? ... But all this has taken place, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." - Matthew 26:52-53, 55-56

With excerpts from:

• The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich (https://bit.ly/3kaeP6l)
• The Mystical City of God by Ven. Mary of Agreda (https://bit.ly/3IhySaO)

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