Monthly Archives: September 2021

Homily: Feast of St. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels 29 September 2021 Who are angels? What roles do they play in our faith history, in the story of human salvation?  It is most fitting that we give light to these questions as we celebrate today the feast of Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.  The word “angels”Continue reading “Called to be Messengers, Consolers and Defenders”

HOMILY: Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 26 September 2021 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA  Politics is everywhere! It has overtaken everyone’s Covid-related conversations. It’s in the news and in the different social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Tiktok, etc. We are saturated with all kinds of propaganda videosContinue reading “The Bigger Reality”

HOMILY: Memorial of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Priest Matthew 11: 25-30  23 September 2021 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA  I have mixed feelings about ending the ECQ. Do you? I understand the economy will suffer if we prolong strict restrictions. So many people’s livelihood will be in peril. On the other hand, being cooped upContinue reading “Should You, Because You Can?”

HOMILY: Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 9:30-37 19 September 2021  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA A friend once chanced upon a social media meme with a picture of two women who are sitting on the floor each busy writing something in textbooks that lie open on their laps. They are discussing aboutContinue reading “In Recognising and Pursuing TRUE Greatness “

HOMILY: Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Luke 2:33-35 15 September 2021  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Alinaya Cordero, a cardiologist, recounted on her FB post how broken she was after having to inform the mother of her youngest COVID patient that her child was gone. “Habang nasa gilid ng kalsada, kausap ko ang ina na OFWContinue reading “Facing the Sorrows of Life like…with Mary”

HOMILY: Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 8:27-35 12 September 2021  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA A friend recommended that I watch the American adaptation of the South Korean medical drama series, The Good Doctor. The plot revolves around Dr. Shaun Murphy, a young physician with autism and savant syndrome, who joins theContinue reading “Facing Hard Truths of Being Christian”

HOMILY: Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 7:31-37 5 September 2021  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA I recently heard a medical practitioner lament that COVID is the most complex disease that mankind has ever encountered. He said, “Every day, it seems we discover how this disease finds new ways to kill mankind. IContinue reading “When a bit of Heaven is opened…”