Scripture Reflections

Date: May 22, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 18:9-18; Gospel: JN 16:20-23 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

With all things prepared and ready for the recommencing, let no anxiety and fear deter us from going back to our church. In today’s gospel, Jesus spoke of his leaving while being aware of his disciples’ anguish. He likened the disciples’ pain to the pangs of birth. But in this discourse,

Date: May 21, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

Skeptics always have questions about our faith. What hinders most of them from believing in the biblical accounts, for instance, in regard to the origin of the world and how it came to be, are those theories offered by particular disciplines and fields of study that simply deny these biblical

Date: May 20, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading ACTS 17:15, 22—18:1; Gospel Reading: JN 16:12-15 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

Let us make the name of Jesus known everywhere! We honor today St. Bernardine of Siena. He was a young boy then when a pestilence beset their place, but despite his young age, he helped nurse the sick. He was severely ill when he entered the monastery but he eventually succeeded

Date: May 19, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First reading ACTS 16:22-34; Gospel JN 16:5-11 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

“Your right hand saves me, O Lord.” When the ship is in trouble and capsizing, the captain will be heard instructing the crew and the passengers to abandon the ship, but most of the time, the captain stays and continues to maneuver. What does it mean for a captain to know

Date: May 18, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading ACTS 16:11-15; Gospel JN 15:26—16:4A | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

Gratitude keeps goodness coming. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home.” Said the woman whose heart was opened by the Lord to listen to Paul and asked to be baptized with her family. It could be the greatest blessing this woman ever received

Date: May 17, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: ACTS 8:5-8, 14-17; JN 14:15-21 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

What I love most when I am home is I don’t get old. Everyone in the parish may look up to me as an elder of the flock, or “as Fr. Roniel”, but I remain my mother’s son when I am home. When I divulge to my mom regarding my