Easter

Date: April 18, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 4:13-21; Gospel: MK 16:9-15 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

In the capacity that we can, let us be the presence of Jesus to others, that people may continue to see and believe that Jesus is alive. For two different occasions, the disciples of Jesus were told about the Lord’s resurrection. The first instance was when Mary Magdalene spoke to them

Date: April 17, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 4:1-12; Gospel JN 21:1-14 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

Let every hand that serves, serve the Lord! Peter and some of the disciples were called by Jesus to a special mission to become fishers of men at the sea of Galilee. That was the time when Jesus’ messianic character was building up and gaining momentum. After His passions, death, and

Date: April 16, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 3:11-26; Gospel: LK 24:35-48 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

Let us live in that joy and peace of being assured that the Lord has saved us from our deepest fears. Knee replacement here in America can be as ordinary as treating common infirmities. I’m amazed at how this country is blest with excellent medical facilities. In my home country, if

Date: April 15, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 3:1-10; Gospel: LK 24:13-35 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

The Road to Hope I have always been informed that converts to Catholicism were drawn to faith by the Eucharist. The Eucharist is such a powerful sacrament that brings to us a real experience of Christ. The walk to Emmaus in today’s gospel reading is truly a Eucharistic experience of the

Date: April 14, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading: ACTS 2:36-41; Gospel: JN 20:11-18 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

I have seen the Lord! Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni.” The Good Shepherd indeed knows His sheep and the sheep recognizes His voice. What is beautiful about the Shepherd’s voice is that: it is a voice so full of love, one that

Date: April 13, 2020 (Easter)

Bible Text: First Reading ACTS 2:14, 22-33; Gospel: MT 28:8-15 | Fr. Roniel Duenas

Series: Scripture Reflections

“Believe and thou shalt not bear false witness.” One of my favorite hero characters, when I was a kid, was Conan, the Barbarian. He was born on a battlefield and is the son of a village blacksmith. Conan matured quickly as a youth and, by age fifteen, he was already a