In the Garden of Gethsemane, Our Lord took the cup of all the world's sins. The cup was given to him by the Father. All our pains pass through God's hands first - they are seen and known by the Father. The cross is a symbol of pain. Pain can be handled only by looking at the cross. Our Lord made death a condition of life, and used pain as a means of attaining glory. It took pain to atone for our disobedience. Love cannot remove pain but it can lessen it.