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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”

HOMILY: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 17:5-10 2 October 2022 Fr. Ricky Montañez, AA I have a friend who seems to have defied all odds after having been diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. Napakahirap na panahon ito para sa kanya at sa lahat ng nagmamahal sa kanya. Just last year, she finishedContinue reading “Keeping the Faith”

HOMILY: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 16:19-31 25 September 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Naranasan niyo na bang magutom? Mahirap na sitwasyon ito hindi ba? Mas masaklap kung, sa iyong pagkagutom, nakakakita ka ng mga taong nagpapakasasa sa pagkain at sa kalauna’y nagsasayang na rin ng pagkain. Sa bahay ng aking kaibigan, bawalContinue reading “Sensitive to Our Neighbours’ Needs”

HOMILY: Feast of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Priest Matthew 11:25-30 23 September 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA None of us like people who are boastful. We may tolerate them, but we do not like them.  They get to be such noisy people, advertising excessively all the impressive things in their life. Look at whatContinue reading “Recommitting to a Life of Grace”

HOMILY: Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 16:1-13 18 September 2022 Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Sino sa atin dito ang di pa nakakaranas na matuksong gumawa ng mali? Maaaring natukso tayong magsinungaling upang protektahan ang kaibigan o kapamilya o katrabaho. Maaaring tayo ay napilitan na gumawa ng labag sa ating prinsipyo o pananampalataya paraContinue reading “Prudence in Matters of this World”