Scripture Reflections

Date: May 3, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

My Journey to Priesthood to Becoming a Good Shepherd “Your gifts and passions will help you determine which vocation you can serve The Lord best…” In my early months here in the parish, I was privileged enough to share my vocation story to a group of young people with their parents. One

Date: May 2, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 9:31-42; Gospel: JN 6:60-69 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

We trust in every word of the Gospel because it is the Word of the Lord who is the Truth. When it was my first time to come to terms with the doctrine of original sin, at one point I really found myself doubting how the church came up with this

Date: May 1, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 9:1-20; Gospel: JN 6:52-59 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

Let us consecrate our lives to the service of God, like Paul, like the Holy Family. If there’s one man during the apostolic times who was fully dedicated to his religion, Saul was the man. His Loyalty to the Law was such that He was breathing murderous threats against the disciples

Date: April 30, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 8:26-40; Gospel: JN 6:44-51 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

…there are things God does that’s even more important and it takes somebody to articulate it for us so that we may understand. It was three o’clock in the afternoon back in the Philippines, my friends and I were ready for the basketball game in an open court. But suddenly it

Date: April 29, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

Today, we honor St. Catherine of Sienna, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, a Dominican Third Order known for her great love for Christ - manifested in her complete surrender to the Lord. Catherine ranks high among the mystics and spiritual writers of the Church. She remains a greatly respected

Date: April 28, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 7:51-8:1A; Gospel: JN 6:30-35 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

They believe in Moses and the prophets but they can hardly believe in Jesus, who is greater than Moses and the prophets. In today’s gospel, the Lord tried to clarify some things in the past - it was not Moses who gave them manna to eat, it was His Father