The Cistercian monks on the show are portrayed in a positive light, especially in the episode Passing Through Gethsemane.
The title is derived from the garden of Gethsemane in which Jesus waited and prayed before he was arrested and crucified, as Brother Edward recounts in the episode.
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Edward is grateful to die for his crimes now that he remembers them and also because he wanted to know if he would have the courage to face his persecutors the way Jesus did in Gethsemane.
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This is similar to the reference in Macbeth to how the character of Macduff is not "of woman born".
Passing Glory | Gethsemane | The Ever Passing Moment | ''Sea Princess'' passing underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge | ''Salmoor'' passing Gourock | Passing Through Gethsemane | Passing out | Message Passing Interface | Message passing | Christ's agony at Gethsemane | Buck passing |