you that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for thee that thy
faith fail not: and thou being once converted, confirm thy brethren.'

Again, our Lord, said, that whither he was going they could not
follow him, when Peter exclaimed: 'Lord, I am ready to go with thee both
into prison and to death.' And Jesus replied: 'Amen, amen, I say to thee,
before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.'

Jesus, while making known to his Apostles that trying times were at
hand for them, said: 'When I sent you without purse, or scrip, or shoes,
did you want anything?' They answered: 'Nothing.' 'But now,' he continued, 'he that
hath a purse let him take it, and likewise a scrip, and he that hath
not, let him sell his coat and buy a sword. For I say to you, that this
that is written must yet be fulfilled in me: AND WITH THE WICKED WAS HE
RECKONED. For the things concerning me have an end.' The Apostles only
understood his words in a carnal sense, and Peter showed him two
swords, which were short and thick, like cleavers. Jesus said: 'It is
enough: let us go hence.' Then they sang the thanksgiving hymn, put the
table on one side, and went into the vestibule.

There, Jesus found his Mother, Mary of Cleophas, and Magdalen, who
earnestly besought him not to go to Mount Olivet, for a report has
spread that his enemies were seeking to lay hands on him. But Jesus
comforted them in few words, and hastened onward--it being then about nine
o'clock. They went down the road by which Peter and John had come to the
supper-room, and directed their steps towards Mount Olivet.

I have always seen the Pasch and the institution of the Blessed
Sacrament take place in the order related above. But my feelings were
each time so strongly excited and my emotion so great, that I could not