4 October 2025 Saturday, 26th week
Ba 4:5-12, 27-29; Luke 10:17-24
Homily
Dear Brothers,
Today's Gospel is taken from the series of teachings that Luke places together during Jesus' journey to Jerusalem, which we have been reading for the past few days, and which begin with the enumeration of the radical demands of following Christ: ‘No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God...’ Then Jesus sends His disciples out on mission two by two. And when they return, joyful at their success – they have succeeded in casting out evil spirits – Jesus reminds them that this was given to them. And it was given to them because they left everything to follow Christ and made themselves ‘little’.