Christ’s Suffering in the Garden

[Tom7]

Hello

I’m new to Catholicism (used to be a JW elder until recently).

My question is: In catholic theology is the actual sufferings of Christ redemptive it was it just his death? Was his agony in the garden part of the payment for sin or just anxiety because of what he was about to go through.

Thanks in advanced

Tom

 

[Justin_Mary]

The way I look at it, if Jesus did it, it was redemptive.

St Paul says his suffering makes up for what is lacking in the suffering of Christ. ie, it’s all redemptive.

Just as love & mercy & the joy we experience overflows from the source of all good… so does His suffering. He is suffering now for the state the world is in now, the state His Church is in now.

If we choose we can help bear that suffering with Him.

 

[Dan_Defender]

In catholic theology is the actual sufferings of Christ redemptive

Definitely, three long hours of weariness, grief, fear and anguish upon His soul. He even sweated blood from this suffering.

 

[Divine3]

Welcome @Tom7 Tom7 grateful you have walked the path of grace and have entered into the life of Jesus in His Church.

 

[fhansen]

His agony in the garden also tells us something of how terrible His pain would be, of His natural human desire to avoid such pain, and yet of His willingness to experience it, for our sake, in spite of that foreknowledge.

 

[po18guy]

He suffered and died. His passion and death are inseparable truths of God’s love for us. In fact, it is that suffering which leads to death that is the most Christ-like.

We, being members of Christ’s mystical Body, also reveal our love of God and fellow Christian by suffering, and in some cases, dying for that love.

 

[SeekerOfTruth7]

I am an ex-JW as well! used to be a Ministerial Servant and Pioneer until about five years ago. Welcome to the forum though. Reading through all the post, especially apologetic, has taught me so much!

If any questions, don’t be afraid to PM me. I’d love to help

God Bless

 

[Tom7]

I was an elder for 4 years. I stepped down as I hated the teaching that every other church was a Satan worshipper…how disgusting.

 

[catholic-heart]

Christ’s suffering in the garden was redemptive.
Any ounce suffering that Christ ever went through is redemptive. We speak of the blood of Christ as being redemptive – not only the blood of Christ on the cross but also the blood of Christ in the garden as his sweat became blood.

His crucifixion was physical suffering; the agony in the garden was psychological and emotional suffering, which is incredibly painful and helpful for those who are suffering in this manner.

In those hours, Christ felt completely alone. He felt abandoned, afraid, and had the pain and sin of the entire world on his shoulders and in his heart. This, I assume, was just as agonizing to him as the physical pain he endured on the cross.

It is not only his death that is redemptive but the fact that he became man and chose to suffer in every way for us – even unto death.