Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Holy Family, Year A December 26, 2004 Sir 3:2-6,12-14; Col 3:12-21; Mt 2:13-15,19-23 1) The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has been losing his voice trying to get the Church and society to...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Christmas 2004 Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Acts 13:16-17,22-25; Mt 1:18-25 Midnight: Is 9:1-6; Tit2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Tit3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Heb1:1-6; Jn1:1-18 1) In...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Putting into the Deep The Anchor December 24, 2004 It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth, the night when “he appeared and the soul felt its worth.” Those words from “O Holy Night,” like the lyrics from most treasured...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A December 19, 2004 Is 7:10-14; Rom 1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24 1) The celebration of Christmas is less than a week away, and the Church, on this fourth Sunday of Advent...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Putting into the Deep The Anchor December 17, 2004 Last week we marked the 25th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, easily the most famous and perhaps the most influential American Catholic priest of the 20th...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Putting into the Deep The Anchor December 10, 2004 Two days ago, the Church celebrated a monumental 150th anniversary and two even more important realities. On December 8, 1854, Blessed Pope Pius IX solemnly proclaimed as a dogma...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Second Sunday of Advent, Year A December 5, 2004 Is 11:1-10; Rom 15:4-9; Mt 3:1-12 1) On the second Sunday of Advent each year, the Church leads us on pilgrimage to the Jordan River, so that...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Putting into the Deep The Anchor December 3, 2004 With the first Sunday of Advent, the Church begins a new liturgical year and the Anchor, not missing a beat, inaugurates a new column. I’m grateful to Monsignor Moore for the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA First Sunday of Advent, Year A November 28, 2004 Is 2:1-5; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 1) Happy New Year’s Day! Today the Church, indeed, inaugurates a new year dedicated to our reliving in...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Christ the King, Year C November 21, 2004 2Sam5:1-13; Col1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43 1) This solemnity we celebrate today is the culmination of the Church’s entire liturgical year. Everything that...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Thirty-Third Sunday in OT, Year C November 14, 2004 Mal 3:19-20; 2Thes3:7-12; Lk 21:5-19 1) “Can it get any worse, Father?” That was the exasperated question posed to me by a frustrated...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Thirty-Second Sunday in OT, Year C November 7, 2004 2Macc 7:1-2,9-14; 2Thes2:16-3:5; Lk 20:27-38 1) Every November, the Church has us focus on the four last things — death, judgment, heaven...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Thirty-First Sunday in OT, Year C October 31, 2004 Wis 11:22-12:2; 2Thes 1:11-2:2; Lk 19:1-10 1) Last week Jesus presented us the parable contrasting the prayer of the Pharisee and the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Thirtieth Sunday in OT, Year C October 24, 2004 Sir 35:12-14,16-18; 2Tim4:6-8,16-18; Lk 18:9-14 1) Toward the end of his second letter to his spiritual son, Timothy (today’s second reading)...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Twenty-Ninth Sunday in OT, Year C October 17, 2004 Ex 17:8-13; 2Tim3:14-4:2; Lk 18:1-8 1) Jesus’ final words in today’s Gospel almost seem out of place. After teaching his disciples a...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Twenty-Seventh Sunday in OT, Year C October 3, 2004 Hab 1:2-3;2:2-4; 2Tim1:6-8,13-14; Lk 17:5-10 1) In the Gospel today, the apostles did not ask the Lord for money. They didn’t ask him for...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Twenty-Fifth Sunday in OT, C, Prep September 19, 2004 Amos 8:4-7; 1Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 1) This Sunday’s Gospel contains what is probably the most confusing parable in any part of the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Twenty-Fourth Sunday in OT, Year C September 12, 2004 Ex 32:7-11,13-14; 1Tim1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 1) The most distinctive thing we can say about God’s love is that it is co-extensive with...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart Retreat House, Alhambra, California Labor Day, September 6, 2004 1 Cor 5:1-8; Lk 6:6-11 1) In today’s Gospel, there is a huge eruption between Jesus and the scribes and Pharisees over the meaning of the Sabbath. •...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Retreat given at Sacred Heart Retreat House, Alhambra, California “Living Mary’s Mystery in Christ” September 3-5, 2004 Twenty-Third Sunday in OT, Year C Wis 9:13-18; Philemon 9-10,12-17; Lk 14:25-33 1) In the first reading, the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Twenty-Second Sunday in OT, Year C August 29, 2004 Sir 3:17-18,20,28-29; Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; Lk 14:1,7-14 1) In the parable in today’s Gospel, Jesus is doing far more than giving his...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis, MA Twenty-first Sunday in OT, Year C August 22, 2004 Is 66:18-21; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13; Lk 13:22-30 1) Last Sunday we celebrated the solemnity of Mary’s Assumption, body and soul, into heaven. The...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis Solemnity of the Assumption 2004 August 15, 2004 Rev 11:19,12:1-6,10; 1Cor15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 1) With the whole Church, today we celebrate the great solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Nineteenth Sunday in OT, Year C August 8, 2004 Wis 18:6-9; Heb 11:1-2, 8-19; Lk 12:32-48 1) Once in St. Luke’s Gospel, Jesus asked aloud the harrowing question, “When the Son of Man comes...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Seventeenth Sunday in OT, Year C July 25, 2004 Gen 18:20-32; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13 1) There’s a startling aspect to the request Jesus’ disciple in the Gospel, “Lord, teach us to pray.” On...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Sixteenth Sunday in OT, Year C July 18, 2004 Gen 18:1-10; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 1) To our 21st century American sensibilities, Jesus says something positively shocking in today’s Gospel...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fifteenth Sunday in OT, Year C July 11, 2004 Dt 30:10-14; Col1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 1) The lawyer in today’s Gospel asks Jesus one of the most important questions a man or woman can: “What...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fourteenth Sunday in OT, C July 4, 2004 Is 66:10-14; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12,17-20 1) Over the past few weeks, there has been a trilogy among the Gospel passages. Two weeks ago we focused on...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Twelfth Sunday in OT, C June 20, 2004 Zech 12:10-11;13:1; Gal3:26-29; Lk9:18-24 1) “Who do the crowds say that I am” and “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus asked these two questions of his...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Corpus Christi, C June 13, 2004 Gen 14:18-20; 1Cor11:23-26; Lk 9:11-17 1) The multiplication of the loaves and fish in today’s Gospel, in addition to feeding a crowd of several thousand...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Trinity Sunday, C, 2004 June 6, 2004 Prov 8:22-31; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15 1) Today we celebrate the feast of who God is. Every Sunday is, in a very real sense, dedicated to God and therefore...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Pentecost Sunday 2004 May 30, 2004 Acts 2:1-11; 1Cor12:3-7,12-13; Rom 8:8-17; Jn 20:19-23; Jn 14:15-16,23-26 1) 53 days ago, the apostles were all gathered together in the Upper Room. Jesus...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 7th Sunday of Easter, C May 23, 2004 Acts 7:55-60; Rev 22:12-14,16-17,20; Jn 17:20-26 1) In today’s Gospel, taken from Jesus’ prayer during the Last Supper, Jesus pours out his heart to his...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Ascension Thursday, C May 20, 2004 Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28;10:19-23; Lk 24:46-53 1) On the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, we celebrate in a special way three things:...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Sixth Sunday of Easter, C, Prep May 16, 2004 Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Rev 21:10-14,22-23; Jn 14:23-29 1) In today’s Gospel, Jesus talks to us about two things he died and rose from the dead to...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fifth Sunday of Easter, C May 9, 2004 Acts 14:21-27; Rev 21:1-5; Jn 13:31-35 1) During my five years in Rome as a seminarian and a newly-ordained priest, I had the joy of leading thousands...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fourth Sunday of Easter, C May 2, 2004 Acts 13:14, 43-52; Rev 7:9,14-17; Jn 10:27-30 1) On each of the Sundays of Easter, the Church has us continue our reflection on the magnitude and...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Third Sunday of Easter, Year C April 25, 2004 Acts 5:27-32, 40-41; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:11-19 1) On the Sundays of Easter, the Church gives us each week in the first reading a passage from the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Divine Mercy Sunday 2004 April 18, 2004 Acts 2:42-47; 1Pet1:3-9; Jn 20:1-9 1) We celebrated last week the most important event in the history of the world, the most crucial event in the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Easter Sunday 2004 April 11, 2004 Acts 10:34, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 1) On one level, Christians have always had a very easy time making the transition from Lent to Easter. We naturally...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Easter Vigil 2004 April 10, 2004 Gen 1:1-2:2; Ex 14:15-15:1; Ez 36:16-28; Rom 6:3-11; Lk 24:1-12 1) Tonight we celebrate the most important event in the history of the world. It is the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Palm Sunday, Year C April 4, 2004 Lk 19:28-40; Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14-23:56 1) This Palm Sunday Liturgy is framed by two expressions. The first is “Hosanna,” which was shouted at...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year C March 28, 2004 Is43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-12; Jn 8:1-11 1) Last week, Jesus preached to us the parable of the Prodigal Son, which stressed the Father’s undying...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A March 21, 2004 1Sam 16:1,6-7,10-13; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 1) In this dramatic scene from today’s Gospel, Jesus does something different than he did in several...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Second Sunday of Lent, Year C March 7, 2004 Gen 15:5-12,17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28-36 1) Every year on the second Sunday of Lent the Church gives us two great gifts in the readings...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Third Sunday of Lent, Year C March 14, 2004 Ex 3:1-8,13-15; 1Cor10:1-6,10-12; Lk 13:1-9 1) Lent is the time for us to realize that we are dust and unto dust we shall return. It is the time...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA First Sunday of Lent, Year C February 29, 2004 Dt 26:4-10;Rom10:8-13;Lk4:1-13 1) The episode in today’s Gospel is particularly special, because the only way the evangelists would have known...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Ash Wednesday 2004 February 25, 2004 Joel 2:12-18; 2Cor5:20-6:2; Mt6:1-6,16-18 1) Each of you in a few minutes will come up to receive ashes on your forehead and an instruction. That...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C February 22, 2004 1Sam26:2,7-9,12-13,22-23; 1Cor15:45-59; Lk6:27-38 1) Today Jesus continues the very clear and challenging homily he began seven days...
Father Roger J. Landry The Anchor February 13, 2004 Catholics are accustomed to asking themselves, “What would Jesus do?” in their situations or “What would Jesus say?” The answers to those questions generally make clear for us what we in turn...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C February 8, 2004 Is 6:1-8; 1Cor15:1-11; Lk 5:1-11 1) At the beginning of the third Christian millennium, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, wrote a...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C February 1, 2004 Jer1:4-5,17-19; 1Cor12:31-13:13; Lk4:21-30 1) There is a shocking turnaround in today’s Gospel. The people with whom Jesus grew up...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C January 25, 2004 Neh 8:2-4,5-6,8-10; 1Cor12:12-30; Lk1:1-4;4:14-21 1) In the passage we have just heard, St. Luke tells us very clearly why the Holy...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Baptism of the Lord, Year C January 11, 2004 Is 42:1-4,6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Lk3:15-16,21-22 1) Today we mark the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of Ordinary Time in the Church...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Epiphany 2004 January 4, 2004 Is 60:1-6; Eph3:2-3,5-6; Mt2:1-12 1) We have heard the story of the Epiphany — the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles represented by the wise men — so many...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA You Are My Mother Now! Mary, Mother of God, 2004 January 1, 2004 Num 6:22-27; Gal4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 1) In 1929, just 17 days short of his 9th birthday, the young Karol Wojtyla — the future...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C January 18, 2004 Is62:1-5; 1Cor12:4-11; Jn2:1-11 1) Today we are present at the most famous wedding of all time. It wasn’t the wedding of Mark Antony...