The blessed Spirit of God will not be severed from our weakness, now that He deigns to take His abode in us because of Christ's redemption. Even he who could work signs and miracles did not differ from his brethren by exemption from infirmity. Rather was Paul, the greatest of apostles, more than any other sensible of it.
It was not otherwise with the perfect pattern of all excellency in man here below. "Jesus wept." He was deeply pained, sighing sorely in His spirit. He knew what to say and what to do, conscious that the Father always heard Him. But we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself pleads for us with groanings unutterable.
Wondrous grace! The Spirit associates Himself with our groaning, and the Searcher of the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit. [8]