Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Christmas 2000 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) The...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Second Sunday in Advent, Year C December 10, 2000 Bar 5:1-9; Phil 1:4-6,8-11; Lk 3:1-6 1) In today’s Gospel we meet John the Baptist, who prepared everyone to welcome the Messiah when he was...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady December 8, 2000 Gn 3:9-15,20; Eph 1:3-6,11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Preaching Outline Relevance & Catechesis — not virginal conception of Christ...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Solemnity of Christ the King, Year B November 26, 2000 Dn 7:13-14; Rev1:5-8; Jn 18:33-37 1) Christ is king of time, universe, every single person, not just Christians. Son of God. Kingdom not...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA Thanksgiving Mass November 21, 2000 1) Melanie was a twelve-year old girl in a small town in Utah, everything going for her. Just about the beginning of November, 1992, she was with her...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River 32nd Sunday of OT, Year B November 12, 2000 1Kgs17:10-16; Heb 9:24-28; 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...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 30th Sunday in OT, Year B October 29, 2000 Jer 31:7-9; Heb 5:1-6; Mk 10:46-52 Preaching Outline (1) “Lord, that I may see!” • This expression of Bartimaeus is more than a cry from a...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Diocese of Fall River Television Mass Bishop Stang High School Chapel, N. Dartmouth, MA 22st Sunday in OT, Year B September 3, 2000 Dt 4:1-2,6-8; Jas 1:17-18,21-22,27; Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 St. James in the second reading tells us...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 22st Sunday in OT, Year B September 3, 2000 Dt 4:1-2,6-8; Jas 1:17-18,21-22,27; Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 (1) Saint James challenges every one of us here in the Church right now in the same way he...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 20th Sunday in OT, Year B August 20, 2000 Prov9:1-6; Eph5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58 1) Two-thousand years ago the disciples used to constantly ask Jesus what heaven was like and Jesus would often...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Solemnity of the Assumption August 15, 2000 Rev 11:19,12:1-6,10; 1Cor15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 1. Today we celebrate the great solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady, body and soul, into heaven...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Vigil of the Assumption August 14, 2000 1Chron15:3-4, 15-16;16-1-2; 1Cor15:54-57; Lk 11:27-28 1. This Gospel, at first glance, seems to be a very strange choice on this Vigil of the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Mother of God Convent, New Bedford, MA Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth Memorial of St. Edith Stein (St. Teresia Benedicta a Cruce) August 9, 2000 Jer 31:1-7; Mt 15:21-28 1. “Far be it from me to glory except in the Cross of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Transfiguration of the Lord, Year B August 6, 2000 Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; 2Pt 1:16-19; Mk 9:2-10 1) There are only three times that we hear God the Father speak in the New Testament. The first is...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 17th Sunday in OT, Year B July 30, 2000 2 Kgs 4:42-44; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15 1) In today’s Gospel, there is a marked change from previous weeks. We have been reading from the Gospel of Mark...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Mary’s Church, New Bedford, MA First Mass of Thanksgiving, Fr. Gerard O’Connor 16th Sunday in OT, Year B July 23, 2000 Jer 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34 Monsignor Oliveira, my brother priests, friends and family of our...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 16th Sunday in OT, Year B July 23, 2000 Jer 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34 1) Last week, we focused on the fact that each Christian, every one of us, has the vocation to be a missionary, to...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B July 16, 2000 Am 7:12-15; Eph 1:3-14; Mt 6:7-13 Outline of Homily I — In today’s readings, we see whom God chooses to proclaim his Word. A. Amos was a...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Pontifical North American College Assumption Chapel Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul June 29, 2000 Acts 12:1-11; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 Today we celebrate the deaths of SS. Peter and Paul, here in this city of Rome. And...
Fr. Roger J. Landry North American College Immaculate Conception Chapel Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter June 9, 2000 Acts 25:13-21; Jn 21:15-19 Follow me! Our Lord was always very simple with Peter. He always had one simple message, one...
Fr. Roger J. Landry RSM Casa della Misericordia, Rome Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B May 28, 2000 Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48; 1 Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15:9-17 Saint Jerome tells us that while Saint John was an elderly man in Ephesus, living in a cave with a...
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 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...