How could they excuse their conduct? A second time asleep!

They were in a muddled state.

Glossa Ordinaria: After the Lord had foretold the offense of His disciples, the Evangelist gives an account of His prayer, in …

Again, after having left his disciples to pray, Jesus returned to find them sleeping. When confronted by Jesus, they were speechless, probably beca…

And again he went away
To the same place, or at much such a distance from them, as before:

and pr…

Christ's sufferings began with the most severe of all: those in His soul. He began to be greatly distre ed—words not used in Matthew, but very full…