sanctorum-communio:

“In Gethsemane, Christ prostrates himself on the earth, begging that the cup might pass from him–and then adds, ‘nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.’ That ‘nevertheless’ is the salvation of the world. The whole nightmare of world history is borne up and redeemed by that moment of shattering resolve. And so we align ourselves with Christ’s work only when our own disappointment with the world resolves itself into an even deeper commitment, a sort of hope beyond hope, a commitment beyond despair.”

— Benjamin Myers, Christ the Stranger: The Theology of Rowan Williams