Easter

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

Date: April 27, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 6:8-15; Gospel: JN 6:22-29 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

How does it look like working for the kingdom? In the early times, Christians showed their service for the kingdom by preaching the good news of Christ’s resurrection; teaching boldly the truth of who Christ is; living and dying for what they preach and teach. In the modern world, martyrdom like

Date: April 26, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: Luke 24:13-35 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

A Filipino friend of mine who is a regular churchgoer once told me sheepishly: “Father, it’s a shame only very seldom do I read the bible.” She, most of the time, hears the word of God only on Sundays at Mass and gets to understand some of the things the