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 & 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 & 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 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...