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 of men. In mind  and  soul  and  body,  in  all  that  it  was and had,  His  humanity  suffered. Anticipation of  suffering, we  know,  is  agony  more  acute  than  even  the reality. This accounts  for  the  sadness  that  so  overwhelmed Christ  after  the  Last  Supper,  and  the  horror of what  was  to  come  that  seized  Him  in  Gethsemani and forced  from  His  body  the  sweat  of  blood. In the annals of  human  suffering  no  fact  equally  stupendous is recorded,  because  never  was  there  woe  like  unto His woe. For over  and  above  the  chalice  of  bodily torture He  was  to  drain  to  the  dregs,  He  saw  with God's eyes  the  world's  sins,  the  ingratitude  of  men, Jerusalem's extermination,  and  the  torments  of  the damned of  which  Jerusalem's  destruction  was  but  a tiny  figure. If parents  wail  so  over  one  son  lost,  how must He,  the  infinitely  loving  Father,  have  grieved over the  loss  of  millions  of  His  children. So utterly downcast was  He  that  He  seems  to  have  dreaded being alone. Misery, they  say,  loves  company. Though nothing  was  dearer  to  Christ  through  life than holy  solitude,  He  now  time  and  again  interrupts His prayer  to  seek  His  Apostles. A sense  of  utter loneliness oppressed  Him. Judas He  saw  already negotiating His  betrayal,  and  the  other  Apostles asleep but  sure  to  flee  at  the  first  alarm. In heaven, on earth,  or  in  hell,  He  found  no  being  who  was  not either permitting  or  desiring  or  actively  procuring His destruction. His enemies  the  Jews,  the  Gentile Romans and  the  devils  worked  for  it;  His  friends, the souls  in  Limbo  longed  for  it;  and  His  heavenly Father let  them  have  their  will. When God  permitted