Monthly Archives: February 2024

Homily: Second Sunday of Lent (B) Mark 9:2-10 25 February 2024 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez One time, I was trying to prepare my Sunday homily when loud music was blaring from outside the rectory. The dogs were startled and they started barking. I could hear the household staff speaking loudly but I couldn’t make outContinue reading “To LISTEN To be SILENT”

Homily: First Sunday of Lent (B) Mark 1:12-15 18 February 2024 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez One time a little boy sadly told me, “Ang hirap maging mabait, Father.” (It’s hard to be good, Father.) Nananahimik ka minsan pero may mga makukulit ka talagang kaklase na magsisimula ng gulo. (Sometimes you are trying to mind yourContinue reading “Deliver Us from Evil, Lord!”

Homily: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 1:40-45 11 February 2024 Fr. Ricky C. Montanez  Usually we prefer someone who doesn’t talk too much but is profound and enlightening. Today’s gospel is like that. It is short but it is rich in its messaging. Let us first talk about leprosy, as a disease, inContinue reading “Extending Jesus’ Healing Touch”

Homily: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 1:29-39 4 February 2024 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez On Instagram, I came to know about this 29-year-old Kapampangan living in Nevada USA who became the dedicated full-time caregiver of his lola before she recently passed away at 97 years old. His lola was bedridden and nearly immobileContinue reading “As Channels of God’s Healing Mercy”