Author Archives: Rick Montanez

HOMILY: Third Sunday of Lent Luke 13:1-9 20 March 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA “Madapa ka sana.” Have you ever wished that on someone who slighted you or hurt you?  Pag nadapa nga, ano ang susunod na sasabihin? “Buti nga sa iyo.” Hindi ba? Natutuwa ka pa kasi tila ang mundo ang nagparusa sa taongContinue reading “Repentance: Turning to God, Living His Will”

HOMILY: Second Sunday of Lent Luke 9: 28-36 13 March 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA  I like coffee. When I eat a big meal, I always have a cup of coffee with some sugar. I can never drink pure black coffee. Others take their coffee in the morning and cannot seem to function withoutContinue reading “Transform for Jesus”

HOMILY: First Sunday of Lent Luke 4:1-13 6 March 2022  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Each of us has experienced the lure of evil at some point in our lives. We have all been invited to turn our backs on God. That is to say that temptation is a universal human experience. It happens toContinue reading “Not ALONE in Battling Evil”

HOMILY: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 6:39-45  27 February 2022 Fr. Ricky C. Montanez, AA  Twitter has elevated the scale of opinion. Yung mga mahilig mag-comment at magbigay ng opinyon sa anumang bagay ay namamayagpag sa Twitter. Opinion is a statement of a person’s feelings towards something. Ideally, everyone should respect everyone else’s opinionContinue reading “Allies of Truth; Followers of Jesus”

HOMILY: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 6:27-38 20 February 2022  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA A friend posted on her Facebook Wall that the Covid 19 pandemic is officially over. Comment ako agad “Says who?” Turns out she was reacting to pics of mammoth crowds participating in nationwide campaign rallies of the various candidates.Continue reading “Love Your Frenemies”

HOMILY: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 6: 17, 20-26 13 February 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA  Do you have those moments when you come to mass and listen to the readings in the liturgy of the Word and you get a sudden flash of illumination?  Have you ever felt like the Word ofContinue reading “Advancing God’s Kingdom Through Good Leaders”

HOMILY: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 5:1-11 6 February 2022  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA I love that lay ministers are now called extra-ordinary ministers of Holy Communion. This emphasises the extraordinary task assigned to these ministers. In other parts of the world, women are also privileged to be extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion.Continue reading “Called and Sent”

HOMILY: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 4:21-30 30 January 2022  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Do you recall last year’s controversial interview of Oprah Winfrey with Megan Markle and Britain’s Prince Harry? In that interview the couple related their shocking decision to give up their royal titles and establish their family as ordinary citizens.Continue reading “Openness to Truth is Openness to God”

HOMILY: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 1:1-4; 14-21 23 January 2022  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA There is this scene about ambition from a 90’s American sitcom. The dad tells his teenage son to have big dreams. They stop outside this fancy restaurant and look at the diners through the glass windows. He callsContinue reading “Spirit-Empowered for Greater Things”

HOMILY: Feast of the Santo Niño (Proper Feast in the Philippines) Luke 2:41-52 16 January 2022  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA There is this tweet about a Lumad child who was asked what her dream is… The little girl responded: “Makaihi na walang nakakakita.” (To be able to pee without worrying that someone might see.)Continue reading “Nurturing Children’s Dreams to Unfold God’s Masterpieces”