But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.' The Apostles were still in some degree animated by the spirit of enthusiasm and devotion with which their reception of the Blessed Sacrament and the solemn and affecting words of Jesus had inspired them.

They eagerly crowded round him, and expressed their love in a thousand different ways, earnestly protesting that they would never abandon him.

But as Jesus continued to talk in the same strain, Peter exclaimed: 'Although all shall be scandalised in thee, I will never be scandalised!' and our Lord answered him: 'Amen, I say to thee, that in this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.' But Peter still insisted, saying: 'Yea, though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee.' And the others all said the same.

They walked onward and stopped, by turns, for the sadness of our Divine Lord continued to increase.

The Apostles tried to comfort him by human arguments, assuring him that what he foresaw would not come to pass.