My name is Father Mike Schmitz, and this is Essential Presents. It is also Holy Week.

I don't know if you've ever been in a situation where there's someone who's in trouble.

There's someone who's in distress. They're in the midst of it, right? They're in the middle of it.

And you realize, I can't fix it. Like, you realize that honestly, no matter what I do, I can't fix this.

I can talk. I can try to find solutions. I can try to offer help.

But in some ways, like, no, I just, I know the truth is. The truth is I can't fix this. What do you do?

And I've been praying about this and reflecting on this because of Jesus in the Garden of a Githemite, especially as we, again, as we lead into the Tritome, like this Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and then Easter Sunday,

we recognize that here's Jesus. As he goes, as he leaves the Passover meal, right, as he leaves

the Last Supper and goes across the Kidren Valley and goes into the Garden of Githsemini,

he's in trouble, right?

He is distressed. He is in a place of suffering. What were the disciples asked to do? Because here's

Jesus. He's in the garden. He is voluntarily submitting himself, surrendering himself to the Father

into whatever the Romans dish out.

And what does he ask his disciples to do?

You know, it's fascinating.

He doesn't ask them to fix it.

He doesn't ask them, hey, take me away from this.

He doesn't ask them, let's run off into the woods.

Let's run off into the hills.

Let's get out of town.

He doesn't ask them to do it for him.

He doesn't ask them to, hey,

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