Harvey delivered the homily at Smith's funeral service at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
"So today, we not only honour Keith's writing, that in itself is a corpus extraordinaire, but we have to honour Keith's struggle. And we have to thank God for what it made him because it kept him humble," he said.
Harvey said people should contribute what little they could to the advancement and improvement of others.
"And if Keith's articles had that unique character, it was precisely because he was able to look at all of life, all of the table of life; feed on it; be nourished by it; allow it, as all good food, to become a part of himself, so that when he gave of himself, he was giving from that strength and that nourishment, and it wasn't a gift born of good times, but a gift born of hard times and the suffering as well," said Harvey.
Harvey said Smith was extremely grateful to Ken Gordon and Courtenay Bartholomew, who found the patience to deal with him during testing times.
"What Keith had to see at the end of his life was that, 'Hey, if I have done anything worthwhile, it is not for me, but for the generations to come,'" Harvey said.
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