Category: Sunday Reflections By Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez

Sunday Reflections | 14 January 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Homily: Second Sunday in Ordinary Tim John 1:35-42 Remaining in Jesus Today, let us remember that Jesus knows our hearts and our minds even when we do not tell Him or when we try to hide our truth from Him. In spite of…

Sunday Reflection | 7 January 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez HOMILY: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Matthew 2:1-12 In Our Search for God St. John Chrysostom once said: “If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God…

Sunday Reflections | 24 December 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Fourth Sunday of Advent (B) Luke 1:26-38 Echoing Mary’s FIAT Our life today is filled with many uncertainties and our life doesn’t always go as we plan. However, we must look to Mary as a model of faith, obedience and submission to…

Sunday Reflections | 10 December 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Second Sunday of Advent (B) Mark 1:1-8 10 Pointing Others to Jesus Like John the Baptist, we are also invited to point others to Jesus. We accomplish much by simply giving generously of our time, talent and resources to all those around us….

Sunday Reflections | 3 December 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: First Sunday of Advent (B) Mark 13:33-37 Getting Ready for Eternity Brothers and sisters, as we begin this season of preparation, let us make the most of this time by keeping our eyes and hearts open and earnestly implore: “Lord, make us turn…

Sunday Reflections | 26 November 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Solemnity of Our Lord Christ, King of the Universe (A) Matthew 25:31-46 The Servant-King, Christ the Lord In as much as we live in the hope of His return, let us do our best every day to help establish His Kingdom on…

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…