Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Easter Monday April 24, 2000 Acts 2:14,22-32; Mt 28:8-15 At the Easter Vigil, we talked at length about our Christian BELIEF in the fact of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. We believe this...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Easter Sunday April 23, 2000 Acts 10:34, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 On one level, Christians have always had a very easy time making the transition from Lent to Easter. We naturally prefer eating to...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Easter Vigil April 22, 2000 Gen 1:1-2:2; Gen 22:1-18; Ex 14:15-15:1; Is 54:5-14; Is 55:1-11 Bar 3:9-15,32-4:4; Ez 36:16-28; Rom 6:3-11; Mk 16:1-7 When the Scribes and the Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Good Friday April 21, 2000 Is 52:13-53:12; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 This is a day for Christians throughout the world to weep. To weep over the great sufferings of Christ. To weep over our sins...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Holy Thursday April 20, 2000 Ex 12:1-8,11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 “Jesus, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” This whole Gospel, this whole feast, is full of the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Wednesday of Holy Week April 19, 2000 Is 50:4-9a; Mt 26:14-25 Today for the third straight day, the Church presents for our reflection the betrayal of Judas. Over the past couple of days, we have compared...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Tuesday of Holy Week April 18, 2000 Is 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33; 36-38 With our reflection on today’s Gospel, we will continue to try to enter into the significance of the events leading to the Passion, Death...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Monday of Holy Week April 17, 2000 Is 42:1-7; Jn 12:1-11 Today’s Gospel reading presents us two contrasting responses to Jesus, that of Mary, the sister of Lazarus and Martha, and that of Judas. If we...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Marienhaus, Germany Palm Sunday, Year B April 16, 2000 Mk 11:1-10; Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1-15:47 This Palm Sunday Liturgy is framed by two expressions. The first is “Hosanna,” which was shouted at the beginning of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Seminary Mass Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent April 3, 2000 Is 65:17-21; Jn 4:43-54 As we begin week four of our six week pilgrimage toward Calvary, the Church gives us a Gospel that not only...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Monday of the Third Week of Lent March 27, 2000 2 Kings 5:1-15; Lk 4:24-30 In today’s Gospel, Jesus states clearly that no prophet gains acceptance in his native place, that those who...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Thursday of the First Week of Lent March 16, 2000 Esther 12:14-16, 23-25; Mt 7:7-12 The readings that the Church gives us today are clearly and primarily about confidence in prayer. The...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Seminary Mass Monday of the First Week of Lent March 13, 2000 Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Mt 25:31-46 When the Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification was released at the end...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Sant’Agostino Station Church, Rome Saturday after Ash Wednesday March 11, 2000 Is 58:9b-14; Lk 5:27-32 Two blocks from here, in the Church of San Luigi, is found without a doubt the most famous artistic depiction ever made of the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Sunday of the Ninth Week, Year B March 5, 2000 Dt 5:12-15; 2Cor4:6-11; Mk2:23-3:6 When Jesus was examined by the lawyer about the greatest of the 613 commandments of the Old Covenant, he...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis Wednesday of Seventh Week, Year II; Memorial of St. Polycarp February 23, 2000 Rev 2:8-11; Mk 9:38-40 Throughout the two millenia of Christianity, one of the most often misunderstood issues of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry North American College Assumption Chapel Saturday of the Sixth Week, Year II February 19, 2000 James 3:1-10; Mk 9:2-13 There are only three times that we hear God the Father speak in the New Testament. The first is at Jesus’...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Wednesday of Sixth Week, Year II February 16, 2000 James 1:19-27; Mk 8:22-26 During this week and next, we are privileged to be able to hear St. James’ letter, which I have always found...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Tuesday of Sixth Week, Year II February 15, 2000 James 1:12-18; Mk 8:14-21 “Keep your eyes open!” — Jesus tells us at 6:45 this morning, as he told the apostles in the boat — “Be on your...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College, Vatican City Corso Auditorium February 11, 2000 This lecture was given to the Joint College of African-American Pentecostal Bishops who had come to Rome to get to know the roots of Christianity...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Monday of the 4th Week of OT, Year II January 30, 2000 2 Sm 15:13-14,30;16:5-13 In the first reading, we see David on the Mount of Olives weeping for his son Absalom, who killed David’s...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College, Vatican City Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B January 23, 2000 Jonah 3:1-5,10; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20 God raises up prophets for every age. He raised up Jonah to convert Ninevah. He...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B January 16, 2000 1Sam3:3-10,19; Ps 40; 1 Cor 6:13-15;17-20;Jn1:35-42 Throughout our years in formation for the priesthood, we have probably heard proclaimed...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Feast of St. John the Evangelist December 27, 1999 1Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97; Jn 20:2-8 St. John is clearly one of the great figures of the history of Christianity. This Son of Thunder was one of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome December 24, 1999 2Sam 7:1-5,8-11,16; Ps 89; Lk 1 67-79 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,” Zechariah joyfully exclaims, “for he has come to his people and set them free. He has...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome December 21, 1999 Songs 2:8-14; Ps 33; Lk 1:39-45 “Mary set out with haste” to visit her pregnant relative Elizabeth. Today the Church hastily follows her along her journey. Whereas for...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B December 19, 1999 2Sm7:1-5,8-11,16; Ps 89; Rom 16:15-27; Lk 1:26-38 As we move within a week of Christmas, the Church presents to us in the Gospel the event of the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Third Sunday of Advent, Year B December 12, 1999 Is 61:1-2,10-11; Lk 1:46-42; 1Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 Many of us have spent years on this one question. Most of us have tried to help...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Friday of the First Week of Advent; Memorial of St. Francis Xavier December 3, 1999 1 Cor 9:16-19;22-23; Ps 117:1-2;Mk 16:15-20 Every so often in the history of the Church, God raises up a...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis Tuesday of the 33rd Week of Ordinary Time, Year I November 16, 1999 2 Macc 6:18-31; Lk 19:1-10 Time and again, from homilies, to prayers, to banners at football games, we read that God so loved...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Tomb of St. Philip, Chiesa Nuova, Rome NAC Jubilee Apostolate Mass Solemnity of All Saints November 1, 1999 Rev 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 John 3:1-3; Matt 5:1-12a How appropriate it is to celebrate this Mass inaugurating the Novena for...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Immaculate Conception Chapel Monday of the 30th Week of Ordinary Time, Year I October 25, 1999 Rom 8:12-17; Lk 13:10-17 In yesterday’s Gospel, Jesus affirmed that the greatest commandment...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Altar of the Tomb, St. Peter’s Basilica Mass for Acton Institute Pilgrims Feast of St. Francis of Assisi October 4, 1999 Gal 6:14-18; Ps 15/16; Matt 11:25-30 We have the great privilege this morning to celebrate two great saints:...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Monday of the 26th Week of Ordinary Time, Year I September 27, 1999 Zech 8:1-8; Ps 102; Lk 9:46-50 We see in today’s Gospel Jesus’ response to the ambition of his followers, a theme that...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, A September 5, 1999 Ez 33:7-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20 “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there will I be in their midst.” So Jesus...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A August 22, 1999 Is 22:19-23; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 We can break today’s Gospel down into three parts, each of which is very important...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River, MA Controversial and Often Misunderstood Issues in Catholicism Series August 16, 1999 To download a PDF of the lecture, please click below: Declaration of Nullity Outline of the Talk:...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA Assumption of Our Lady August 14-15, 1999 Vigil: 1 Chron 15:3-4,15-16; 16:1-2; 1 Cor 15:54-57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rev 11:19; 12:1-6,10; Ps 44; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 “Finally the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River, MA Controversial and Often Misunderstood Issues in Catholicism Series August 9, 1999 To download a PDF of the lecture, please click below: Marriage, Family and Sexuality Issues Outline of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A August 8, 1999 Kings 19:9-13; Ps 84; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 We learn three lessons from today’s Gospel: 1) When we keep our eyes on Jesus, all good...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A August 1, 1999 Is 55:1-3; Ps 144; Rom 8:35-39; Matt 14:13-21 The event we read about in today’s Gospel, the multiplication of the loaves and...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A July 25, 1999 1Kings 3:5-12; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 In this week’s Gospel, Jesus continues to speak to us directly in parables about what the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A July 18, 1999 Wis 12:13,16-19; Rom 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43 In the passages from the Gospel that the Church has given us this summer, we will hear many...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Mother of God Convent, New Bedford, MA Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth Tuesday of the 15th Week of OT, Year I July 13, 1999; Ex 2:1-15; Mt 11:20-24 In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus extraordinarily frustrated with the hardness of the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry SS. Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A July 11, 1999 Is 55:10-11; Ps 64; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 Today the Church invites each of us to take a soil sample of our soul. In the Gospel...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Michael’s Parish, Lowell, MA Solemnity of SS. Peter & Paul Mass of Thanksgiving Homily June 29, 1999 On July 19, 64 AD, Rome began to burn. The fire lasted nine days, destroying 10 of the 14 sections of the city of Rome...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry SS Peter & Paul Parish, Fall River, MA 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle A June 20, 1999 Jer 20:10-13; Ps 68; Rom 5:12-15; Mt 10:26-33 Be not afraid! So Jesus said to the apostles in the Gospel and so he says to each...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Tuesday of the 10th Week of Ordinary Time, Year I June 8, 1999 2 Cor 1:18-22;Mt 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth.” So Jesus said to his disciples and so he says to us today. “And if...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Seminary Mass Thursday of Ninth Week of OT, Year I June 5, 1999 Tobit 12; Mk 12:38-44 Today’s Gospel is more than about money. The old widow is more than a poster-girl for the grand annual...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Saturday of the 8th Week of OT, Year I May 29, 1999 Sir 51:12-20; Ps 19; Mk 11:27-33 In today’s readings, the Church presents to us two different attitudes of approaching knowledge...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter May 22, 1999 Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Jn 21:20-25 In today’s liturgy, the last of the Easter season, the season of the great news of the...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Holy Hour for 1999-2000 Orientation Team May 11, 1999 1 Cor 13; Mt 25:31-46 1Cor. 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Vatican Radio Mass Rome 6th Sunday of Easter, Year A May 9, 1999 Acts 8:5-8,14-17; 1 Pt 3:15-18; Jn 14:15-21 Beginning with this Sunday’s readings, our focus starts to change from a concentration on Jesus, our Risen Savior...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter May 4, 1999 Acts 14:19-28; Jn 14:27-31 In today’s readings, the Church presents us what at first sight appears to be a contradiction. Jesus...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Vatican Radio Mass 5th Sunday of Easter, Year A May 2, 1999 Acts 6:1-7; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12 Today in St. Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul is going to beatify the famous Italian Capuchin friar known throughout the world as...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter April 13, 1999 Acts 4:32-37;5:1-11; Jn 3:7-15 In today’s Gospel, Jesus says that one has to be born again from above by water and the Holy Spirit...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College NAC Holy Hour Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A March 14, 1999 Jn1:1-5;9-14 John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Seminary Mass Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent March 11, 1999 Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23 On this much awaited day of the official beginning of the NCAA College Basketball tournament — an event...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Tuesday of Sixth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I February 16th, 1999 Gen 6, Mk 8:14-21 (Mt 16:6-13) Do you still not understand? So Jesus says to the apostles in the boat and so he says...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Saturday of the 5th Week of Ordinary Time, Year I February 13, 1999 Gen 3:9-24; Mk 8:1-10 The first reading presents to us the famous proto-evangelium. After the Fall, God prophecies...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Holy Hour 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A February 7, 1999 Mt 5:13-16 Matt. 5:13 Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has gone flat, how can its...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Friday of 2nd Week, Year I Memorial of St. Vincent, Deacon January 22, 1999 Heb 8:6-13; Mk 3:13-19; The first reading from the Letter to the Hebrews gives us an astounding promise:...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Saturday, Week I of OT, Year I January 16, 1999 Heb 4:12-16; Mk 2:13-17 “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but one who was tempted in...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Chapel of Assumption Pro-life Holy Hour January 15, 1999 Gospel In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome December 19, 1998 Judges 13:2-7,24-25; Lk 1:5-25 “But now you will be mute — unable to speak — until the day when these things take place, because you have not trusted my words.” Put...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sanctae Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Feast of St. Andrew November 30, 1998 Rom 10:8-18; Mt 4:18-22 How fortunate we are to be able to celebrate the feast of St. Andrew on this first day of Advent! St. Andrew often gets...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Domus Sancta Mariae Guadalupensis, Rome Tuesday of the 34th Week of Ordinary Time, Year II November 24, 1998 Rev 14:14-19; Lk 21:5-11 “When will this occur, Teacher, and what will be the sign it is going to happen?” It is so...
St. Charles Borromeo & The Cross, Wednesday of the 31st Week of Ordinary Time (II), November 4, 1998
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Gift of Mary Convent Missionary Sisters of Charity Wednesday of the 31st Week of Ordinary Time, Year II Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo November 4, 1998 Phil 2:2-18; Lk 14:25-33 These readings today, this Gospel, this feast...
Rev. Mr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Seminary Mass Wednesday of the 30th Week of Ordinary Time, Year II October 21, 1998 Eph 6:1-9; Lk 13:22-30 “Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but...