Easter

Date: May 27, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading ACTS 20:28-38; Gospel JN 17:11B-19 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” We honor St. Augustine of Canterbury today. Following the wise instructions of Pope Gregory, in the spirit of obedience, St. Augustine was able to bring pagans to the faith. He did not destroy pagan cultures and practices; but laboring patiently, he rather

Date: May 26, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading ACTS 20:17-27; Gospel JN 17:1-11A | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

So ardently did this fire of divine love affect Philip…that the beating of his heart broke two ribs. “I earnestly bore witness for both Jews and Greeks to repentance before God and to faith in our Lord Jesus.” These words of Paul actually remind us of the Lord’s invitation we hear

Date: May 25, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

The mission of the Son is to make the Father known. It took a while for the disciples to get it. But they finally understood it just when the hour of testing is about to happen. It’s a big thing to finally grasp it - that Jesus indeed came from

Date: May 23, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 18:23-28; Gospel: JN 16:23B-28 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

But by their support for each other, the gospel was preached with a little ease despite resistance and horrible persecution. One of the episodes of Fr. John’s Operation Safe Mode is a tribute to the ministry of the deacons and the sacristans who are particularly serving our two churches here in

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