The Second Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary: The Scourging at the Pillar (Luke 22:63-65)

63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?” 65 And they said many other insulting things to him. In Luke, we learn that there were two stages to Jesus’ trial. He went first before the Jewish leaders who condemned him under Jewish law. However, since they

First Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden (Mark14:32-42)

32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.” 35 Going a little farther, he fell