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HOMILY: Second Sunday of Advent Matthew 3:1-12 4 December 2022 Fr. Ricky C. Montanez, AA Do you still watch the news? There are some of us who do not want to anymore. They say doing so would only be very discouraging. I still do from time to time. I enjoy watching Karmina Constantino. The broadcastContinue reading “The PAINS of CHANGE”

HOMILY: First Sunday of Advent (A) Matthew 24:37-44 27 November 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Did you ever wonder what we would have done differently if we had known the global pandemic was going to happen? Many of us thought when the lockdown was declared that everything would be over by two weeks. WeContinue reading “Setting our Eyes on God’s Path”

HOMILY: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus, King of the Universe Luke 23:35-43 20 November 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA A few months ago, one of the most popular monarchs of this Century passed away. You all have heard of her… Queen Elizabeth II! Her son, Charles, will be crowned King in May next year.Continue reading “A Different Kind of King”

HOMILY: Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious (Seventh Day of Novena Masses for the Solemnity of Christ the King) Luke 19:41-44 17 November 2022  Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Theme: Mission: Disciples Make Disciples (We bring people to a deeper faith by having lives folded to the Lord’s teachings.)  What brings you to tears? Sadness?Continue reading “Recognising God’s Visitation”

HOMILY: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time  Luke 21: 5-19 13 November 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA The end of the world. Have you stopped to wonder what that will be like? Will it be as dramatic as the explosion of the planet? Or will something happen causing the obliteration of life on the faceContinue reading “Staying the Course FAITHFULLY”

HOMILY: Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time  Luke 20:27-38 6 November 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA A friend who lost her husband to Covid once asked me this question — “In the afterlife, are we going to recognise one another?”  What an interesting question indeed but one that I really could not answer with accuracy asContinue reading “Alive in God”

HOMILY: Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 19:1-10 30 October 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA There is a matronly lady (She’s in her 80’s!) from the former parish I served who never leaves her house without a full face of make-up, baubles, frills, and glittery clothes even on ordinary days — to go toContinue reading “True Greatness in God’s Eyes”

HOMILY: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) Luke 18:9-14 23 October 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Will you oblige me today by answering a few questions? Who among you go to mass every Sunday without fail?  (May I have a show of hands?) Who among you, in addition to Sunday obligation, attend daily mass?Continue reading “Walking in the Ways of God”

HOMILY: Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 18:1-8 16 October 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Sino dito and naka-I-Phone? Alam niyo ba na may bagong labas na I-Phone 14? Every time there is a new I-Phone model, so many people are so eager to get their hands on it. Sa US, pinipilahan pa angContinue reading “Praying without Ceasing”

HOMILY: Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 17:11-19  9 October 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA One of the first lessons we learned as children is the importance of saying ‘Thank You!’ Kahit paslit na di pa halos nakakapagsalita, pag may tinanggap que kendi lang o mamahaling laruan tinuturuang magpasalamat. “What do you say?”Continue reading “Being Thankful As a Way of Life”