In the play, Man of LaMancha, Aldonza confronts Sancho Panza about his motivations for following Don Quixote. “What do you get out of it?” He answers simply, “I like him. I really like him.” So often in life we can’t give articulate explanations for what is going on inside of us. Think of falling in love. Poets have tried for literally thousands of years to capture the experience but all attempts have fallen short of the reality. When Jesus finds people abandoning him because of his teaching about the Eucharist he asks the apostles, his closest followers their intentions. Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life.” Peter and the twelve might not have be able to give a logical point by point exposition of the faith but they knew in their heart of hearts that their relationship with Jesus was what filled them with life, love and joy.
