Category: Sunday Reflections By Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez AA

Sunday Reflections | 27 August 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 16:13-20 God’s Power at Work in Us The question Jesus poses reveals something deeper than the expected answers. Jesus is indirectly telling them that by being His followers they participate in His identity as children of…

Sunday Reflections | 20 August 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 15:21-28 A Love Without Borders Let us ask the Lord then that we be graced to have even just a tiny bit of this Canaanite woman’s faith to help us rise above life’s challenges. And as…

Sunday Reflections | 13 August 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 14:22-33 Stronger than Any Storm The battle over evil has been won when Jesus died on the cross and saved humanity. We are no longer destined for damnation. We have a future with God our Father…

Sunday Reflections | 6 August 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Matthew 17:1-9 Divinity Breaking Through Humanity The nature of light is to illuminate. A small amount can already show us what we need to find or to show us where we need to go. Many…

Sunday Reflections | 30 July 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 13:44-52 The Incomparable Treasure It is never easy to pursue what is just and true in life. Possessing the buried treasure or the pearl of great price comes at a cost and we must be ready…

Sunday Reflections | 23 July 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 13:24-43 Good Things Are Not Rushed We have been immersed long enough in a global culture of instant gratification and fear that we won’t have enough time to succeed or to make it big, that we…

Sunday Reflections | 16 July 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 13:1-23 Receptivity to God’s Word Why should we care to be receptive to God’s Word? Because God’s Word has power — the power to build us up and also tear us down, to save us and…

Sunday Reflections | 9 July 2023 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA HOMILY: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 11:25-30 Learning Humility from Jesus Humility, the focus of this Sunday’s readings is a virtue that many of us struggle with. In the gospel passage this Sunday Jesus says… “Learn from me, for I am meek…

HOMILY: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 10:37-42 A Welcoming Faith Community Our commitment to Jesus is not all about radical gestures of discipleship. Our commitment to Jesus also entails being consistent in our faithfulness especially in the trivialities of our everyday activities, being ready to share our gifts and resources with others in the…