Whenever I pray the Holy Rosary, and come upon the first of the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Agony in the Garden, I stop to think how lonely, how abandoned, Jesus must have felt in that moment.

Think about it. Jesus knew that his cruel torture and gruesome death was fast approaching. He was soon to be betrayed by one of his most trusted followers, Judas. And the other friends he had taken with him into the garden for moral support, Peter, James and John, couldn’t even stay awake. Jesus had asked them simply, “Please, keep watch with me.” They failed him.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic actor Mark Wahlberg, who plays the title role in the upcoming movie “Father Stu,” said the real-life Montana priest is “having me continuing to carry on his message.”

“Father Stu,” in theaters April 13, tells the story of Father Stuart Long, a priest who had been ordained for only four years before he died from a incurable muscle disorder, and the lives he touched along the way before and after his ordination.

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We want to hear from everyone about their experience of the Catholic Church, especially active and inactive Catholics. Please invite your family members and friends to take the survey as well by giving them the link to our diocesan page: dioceseofprovidence.org/synod

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