Monthly Archives: May 2023

HOMILY: Pentecost Sunday John 20:19-23 28 May 2023  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Pentecost Sunday is the “Birthday of the Church.”Please say to the person beside you, “Happy Birthday to us!” Can we be livelier than that? Is that how we greet a birthday celebrant? Even if there is no party and food, we stillContinue reading “Pentecost: A Celebration of Life”

HOMILY: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Matthew 28:16-20 21 May 2023 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Recently, I accompanied a group of pilgrims to different iconic and religious sites in Italy. Among the sites we visited were the Sistine Chapel in Rome which contains Michelangelo’s finest frescoes and the breath-taking Cathedral of FlorenceContinue reading “The Ascension and Our Christian Mission”

HOMILY: Sixth Sunday of Easter John 14: 15-21 14 May 2023 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA The lawyers among us would readily know that the best witnesses in any trial are not those who speak about what “might have happened” or can only speculate about the “probable cause”. It is however credible witnesses themselves whoContinue reading “The Spirit of Truth”

HOMILY: Fifth Sunday of Easter John 14: 1-12 7 May 2023  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA In the first few years of my religious formation in Worcester, Massachusetts, the American Assumptionists found it quite amusing and hilarious at the same time how we, Filipinos tend to use our lips to point to certain things. One time,Continue reading “Following Jesus, The Way”