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Homily - 10/03/2026
Compassion, Humility, Trust
That's the end of this homily.
Fr. Michael explores the cost of discipleship and the story of St. Jerome, the great translator of the Bible from Greek to Latin who strived to know Jesus but who also struggled with human arrogance and conceit.
The reading
Luke 9:57–62
As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding
on their journey, someone said to him,
"I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus answered him,
"Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."
And to another he said, "Follow me."
But he replied, "Lord, let me go first and bury my father."
But he answered him, "Let the dead bury their dead.
But you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of God." ...