Category: Sunday Reflections By Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez

Sunday Reflections | 19 November 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 25: 14-30   Gifts-Given for the Kingdom Let us do a bit of Q & A here. Let us say you are blessed with P3.6 million pesos! What would you do with that amount of money?…

Sunday Reflections | 12 November 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 25:1-13 Having Enough Provisions for Life I chanced upon a Tiktok upload of Olaf recounting some valuable life lessons. Kilala niyo si Olaf? He is the playful snowman in Frozen. Olaf counsels: “If you focus on…

Sunday Reflections | 5 November 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA   HOMILY: Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 23:1-12   Credible Witnesses of Christ Brothers and sisters, every mass is an opportunity to hear the Word of God. Let us not waste the chance to allow it to penetrate deeply into our hearts….

Sunday Reflections | 22 October 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 22:15-21 All Belongs to God Now, we may ask what exactly did Jesus mean when he said “render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar”? (Matthew 22:21) What did Jesus mean by it? It is simply a…

By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 22:34-40 Impelled by LOVE Brothers and sisters, let us all be lovers! The simplest rule is to love those in your home, workplace, school, church and community. Let us pray that we may be so taken up by LOVE of God to…

Sunday Reflections | 15 October 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 22:1-14 An Invitation We Can’t Pass Up Let us pray today that God will open our eyes to recognise opportunities to strengthen our faith and relationship with Him. May we seize chances to become involved in…

Sunday Reflections | 01 October 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA   HOMILY: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 21:28-32 Becoming Persons of Integrity Inasmuch as Jesus challenges these religious leaders to put their faith into action, we too are challenged to be Christians not only in name but more so in deed. In…

Sunday Reflections | 24 September 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 20:1-16 24 Kingdom-bound… Everyone? The Kingdom of Heaven is too sweet a deal for us to pass up. God is such a generous and patient Father who is eager to embrace us and welcome us into…

Sunday Reflections | 3 September 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 16:21-27 Trusting in God’s Wisdom In life, we can expect that we will experience difficulties. As the French always say: “C’est la vie!” God does not delight in our pain and suffering. That is not what…