Category: Sunday Reflections By Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez

Sunday Reflection | 10 March 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Fourth Sunday of Lent / Laetare Sunday (B) John 3:14-21 Infinitely LOVED to LOVE To love as God loves is a tall order! Nevertheless, we need not be discouraged. It is true that some relationships don’t last… friends fight, families break apart and…

Sunday Reflection | 3 March 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Third Sunday of Lent (B) John 2:13-25 Owning Up to Our Mistakes This Lenten season, let us reflect on our life and recall how we have angered or saddened people or continue to generate negativity from people around us. Let us ask ourselves…

Sunday Reflection | 25 February 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Second Sunday of Lent (B) Mark 9:2-10 To LISTEN To be SILENT Brothers and sisters, the busyness of life can sometimes prevent us from taking the time to stop and really listen — to each other, to ourselves and to God. During this…

Sunday Reflections | 4 February 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Homily: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 1:29-39 As Channels of God’s Healing Mercy Today, let us thank Jesus for loving us in a very personal way. We thank Him for His continuing effort to save us and preserve us for a…

Sunday Reflection | 18 February 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: First Sunday of Lent (B) Mark 1:12-15 Deliver Us from Evil, Lord! Let us make the most of this Lenten season — a truly sacred time — to nurture our spiritual growth and maturity and remain steadfast in faith despite any of life’s…

Sunday Reflection | 11 February 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez Homily: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 1:40-45 Extending Jesus’ Healing Touch We all have afflictions of the spirit that need the healing touch of Jesus. Today’s gospel clearly shows us how God feels such compassion for humanity. He has His eyes and…

Sunday Reflections | 28 January 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Homily: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 1:21-28 Living a Life of Integrity Brothers and sisters, we are reminded that the only way to manifest authority and to witness to Jesus’ teachings in our midst is by living a life of integrity….

Sunday Reflections | 21 January 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Homily: Feast of the Santo Niño Mark 10:13-16 Leading Our Children to God The world will constantly tell us to pursue power, fame and wealth, but if we want to be truly great in God’s eyes, we must, be like little children. On…

Sunday Reflections | 14 January 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez, AA Homily: Second Sunday in Ordinary Tim John 1:35-42 Remaining in Jesus Today, let us remember that Jesus knows our hearts and our minds even when we do not tell Him or when we try to hide our truth from Him. In spite of…

Sunday Reflection | 7 January 2024 By: Fr. Ricky Cañet Montañez HOMILY: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Matthew 2:1-12 In Our Search for God St. John Chrysostom once said: “If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God…