A couple of weeks ago, a student approached me after mass and told me, “Hey, Father, you’re homily today. It has many overly complicated words. Next time, make it simpler.” And then they left, and then I cried myself to sleep. A lot of the time, we overcomplicate things. All we have to do is make things simple. This is precisely what the apostles do in the gospel for this Sunday. Jesus told the apostles, “I will be handed over to men. I will be killed, and in three days, I will rise from the dead.” The apostles try to find some deeper hidden meaning in it, and they lose the reality of it. So, we always do this with Jesus and His will and love for us. But Jesus speaks to us very simply, clearly, and lovingly. In your prayer, be convinced that Jesus is simple. He is clear. He is gentle with us. This is Spirit Juice. Peace.
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