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Sunday Reflections | 28 July 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) John 6: 1-15 Sharing Our Loaves and Fish Brothers and sisters, in whatever we do, regardless of how menial or negligible the task may seem to us, we have to do this out of love. We would…

Sunday Reflections | 21 July 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 6:30-34 A Heart to Serve In the gospel passage this Sunday, Jesus also has a packed schedule!  There is not a single dull moment in His day. Jesus was very much occupied in giving Himself at…

Sunday Reflections | 14 July 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez   HOMILY: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 6:7-13   Together in Mission   Let us pray that God will equip us with everything and everyone we need for a fruitful mission! We are assured that we will never be alone. Let us…

Sunday Reflections | 23 June 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 4:35-41 Unto Safer Shores with Jesus Brothers and sisters, we are reminded through today’s mass readings that we need to persevere in faith and trust that God is in control. Our faith assures us that Jesus is…

Sunday Reflections | 9 June 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)Mark 3:20-35 Standing Up for Jesus Brothers and sisters, let us have courage! Let us not fear making enemies in our attempt to be good and in doing what is right. If we choose to follow in Christ’s…

Sunday Reflections | 2 June 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 The EUCHARIST: A Gift and A Challenge Brothers and sisters, as we value this precious gift of the Eucharist in our lives, may we always strive to be a source…

Sunday Reflections | 19 May 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Pentecost Sunday (B) John 20:19-23 Gathering as ONE in the Spirit On this Pentecost Sunday, let us look into our life experiences and see if, in our circles, we have become the sowers of discord and unrest. If this is us, perhaps it…

Sunday Reflection | 21 April 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Fourth Sunday of Easter / Good Shepherd Sunday / World Day of Prayer for Vocations John 10:11-18 Shepherds to One Another In the gospels, particularly Chapter 10 of John’s Gospel, Jesus is portrayed as that kind of leader who takes good care of…

Homily: Third Sunday of Easter (B) Luke 24:35-48 Encounters with God in the Ordinary Lastly, it is important to emphasise that an experience with the resurrected life cannot be contained. Just as the two disciples returned to Jerusalem to tell others how they met Jesus on their journey, we, too, who have encountered Jesus in…