What does Mark 14:32–42 teach about prayer in Gethsemane, and how has the Church read Christ’s agony and “not what I will”?

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Researched by the Ignaria editorial team · Updated 2026-07-27

Mark’s Gethsemane narrative is both a school of prayer and a christological locus. The Church has heard in “Abba, Father… not what I will” the integrity of Christ’s human will under the Father’s purpose — and a pattern for disciples who recoil and still surrender. This question opens the passage into that historical conversation.

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