𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗦.𝗛.𝗘.𝗣.𝗛.𝗘.𝗥.𝗗? | 26 April 2026 HOMILY with Fr. Jerry | Good Shepherd Sunday

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𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗦.𝗛.𝗘.𝗣.𝗛.𝗘.𝗥.𝗗? Sunday Homily - April 26, 2026 Good Shepherd Sunday 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘴: “𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨; 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥; 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 … 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦. For full REPLAY of the HOLY MASS, click here https://youtube.com/live/Hp13ZS6AW1M?feature=share —————- The story is told about a Japanese on board a cruise ship who, after using his mobile phone, threw it into the sea. When asked why, he said: “Oh, we have plenty of those in Japan.” Likewise, an American threw his laptop into the sea after using it, and said: “We have plenty of those in America.” Just then a Filipino pushed a Filipino politician overboard. When asked why, his response was: “Oh, we have plenty of those in the Philippines.” __________________ In today’s Gospel (Jn. 10: 1-10) Jesus notes the difference between good and hired shepherds. The former are for the service; the latter are for the money. Likewise, we note the difference between statesmen and politicians. The former work for the good of the nation, while the latter work for the next elections. The former are few, the latter are aplenty. __________________ There is only one Good Shepherd – Jesus Christ our Lord. The rest of us who claim to be shepherds are in reality not so good. Most of us are “not-so-good” or “trying-to-be-good” shepherds who keep on trying to be good anyway. In humility. We ask the Good Shepherd to help us not only to talk good but to be truly good. __________________ To be a good shepherd, i.e. religious or civic leader, one must have gone through or must continue to undergo conversion or metanoia. A leader who has no vision and who has no sense of mission is what Jesus calls today a hireling, a thief and a robber, who has no concern for the sheep. Such a shepherd leaves the sheep and runs away, and abandon the sheep. _