John 12:27

Deeply pathetic are these words, and deeply comforting to all who feel their load of sorrow too heavy for them to bear. Even Jesus could not face His hour of agony without a struggle. The horror of His approaching death filled Him with anguish. His soul was troubled. For a moment He almost prayed to be spared the bitter cup. Then His purpose victoriously reasserted itself. It was to die that He came into the world, and by dying willingly He will glorify His Father. The intensely human struggle described here exactly corresponds to the agony in the garden recorded by the synoptists (Matthew 26:39), and is evidence that St. John, no less than they, realised our Lord's true humanity, and its subjection to human conditions. Father, save me from this hour] or, perhaps better, 'Shall I say, Father, save me from this hour?' For this cause] i.e. to die.