Fr. Roger Landry

The Holy Spirit and Unity, Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2021

Fr. Roger J. Landry Church of the Holy Family, New York, NY Pentecost Sunday, Year B Mass of Reception into the Catholic Church for Christian Edward Stiker May 23, 2021 Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104, 1Cor12:3-7,12-13; Jn 20:19-23   The following text...

The Choice We Face, The Anchor, April 2, 2021

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Putting Into the Deep April 2, 2021   From the time I was a child, participating in the reading of the Passion account on Palm Sunday and Good Friday has always been jarring. The most discomfiting, even interiorly...

Repairers of a House Divided, The Anchor, January 22, 2021

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Putting Into the Deep January 22, 2021 It is a providential occurrence that the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th President of the United States is taking place during the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity...

Remembering Reginaldus Magnus, The Anchor, January 8, 2021

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Putting Into the Deep January 8, 2021   Shortly after midnight on Christmas, Father Reginald Foster, papal Latinist for 40 years and the world’s foremost Latin teacher, died at the age of 81 at St. Anne’s Home in...

Advent Silence, December 19, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry Visitation Mission of the Sisters of Life, Manhattan Mass for December 19 December 19, 2020 Jdg 13:2-7.24-25, Ps 71, Lk 1:5-25   To listen to an audio recording of this homily, please click below:   The following points...

The Name They Give Him, December 18, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart Convent of the Sisters of Life, Manhattan December 18 Mass December 18, 2020 Jer 23:5-8, Ps 72, Mt 1:18-25   To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:    The following points...

Our Duty and Salvation, The Anchor, November 27, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Putting Into the Deep November 27, 2020   In December we will mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ disembarking in Plymouth, MA. What they endured, and how the responded spiritually to it, are guides for us...

The Knights Our Age Needs, The Anchor, November 13, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Putting Out Into the Deep November 13, 2020   It was strangely fitting that the October 31 beatification of Father Michael McGivney, a parish priest of the then Diocese of Hartford and founder of the Knights of...

Remembering Andrew Walther, November 7, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry National Review Online November 7, 2020 On November 1, All Saints Day, Andrew Walther, President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, returned to the God who created and redeemed him. Andrew was a good friend with whom...

Preaching on Marital Love and Accompanying Couples toward the Full Embrace of the Church’s Teaching, Diocese of Gary Clergy Convocation, October 20, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry Diocese of Gary Priests’ Convocation Plymouth, Indiana October 20, 2020   To listen to an audio recording of today’s conference, please click below:    To download a PDF of today’s powerpoint presentation...

The Divorced and Remarried, Challenges and Triumphs in Pastoral Care, Diocese of Gary Clergy Convocation, October 20, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry Diocese of Gary Priests’ Convocation Plymouth, Indiana October 20, 2020   To listen to an audio recording of today’s conference, please click below:    To download a PDF of today’s powerpoint presentation...

The Chosen, The Anchor, August 21, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Putting into the Deep August 21, 2020   In the early day of the pandemic, there was a viral expansion of advertisements and recommendations on my social media accounts about The Chosen, a 2019 drama series about...

Receive the Holy Spirit, Pentecost, May 31, 2020

Fr. Roger J. Landry Pentecost Sunday 2020 May 31, 2020 Acts 2:1-11, Ps 104, 1 Cor 12:3-7.12-13, Jn 20:19-23   To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:    The following text guided today’s homily: ...

Seeking True Wealth, Eighteenth Sunday (C), August 4, 2019

Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Sylvester Parish Parish, Medford, NY Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C August 4, 2019 Eccl 1:2.21-23, Ps 90, Col 3:1-5,9-11; Lk 12:13-21   To listen to an audio recording of this homily, please click below: ...

Coming to the Father by faithfully following Jesus the Way, believing Jesus the Truth, and Receiving from Him the Life He’s Received from the Father, In the Father’s Footsteps Men’s Conference, Norman, OK, March 9, 2019

Fr. Roger J. Landry 23rd Annual In the Father’s Footsteps Catholic Men’s Conference Oklahoma Fellowship of Catholic Men Norman, Oklahoma March 9, 2019   To listen to the audio recording of this talk, please click below:   To view a PDF of...

“Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation,” Reawakening all believers to take up with passion and perseverance the mission Christ continually entrusts to his disciples, Rome, November 1, 2018

Fr. Roger J. Landry American Bible Society Retreat and Pilgrimage Giustiniano Hotel, Rome November 1, 2018   To listen to an audio recording of today’s meditation/conference, please click below:    To download a PDF of the slides of...

“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,” Learning from the willing spirit and weak flesh of Peter how to be more faithful disciples of the Eternal Word, October 30, 2018

Fr. Roger J. Landry American Bible Society Retreat and Pilgrimage Giustiniano Hotel, Rome October 30, 2018   To listen to an audio recording of this meditation, please click below:    To download a PDF of the powerpoint presentation that...