Guys, Muppet, Yoda, beats CGI, Yoda, any day of the week. We see this in The Empire Strikes Back, where Luke Skywalker is Yoda’s apprentice. Luke follows everything that Yoda says because Yoda has moral authority; we see this moral authority and the gospel for this Sunday at the wedding of Cana. Mary says to the servants, do whatever he tells you, and they do it because Mary has this moral authority; because of how she lives, her holiness, and her relationship with her son, people trust her. In the same way, we are called to have this moral authority. We are called to grow in our holiness and our love and charity so that we can lead others to Jesus. So let’s follow Mary’s moral authority, do whatever he tells us, and be like puppet Yoda, not the CGI Yoda. Bounce it when you have. This is Spirit juice, peace.
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