Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Feast of the Holy Family, Year A December 30, 2001 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...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A December 23, 2001 Is 7:10-14; Rom1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24 1) Christmas is now just a couple of days away and we are in our immediate preparation for this great day...
Why Did God Become Man? Fr. Roger J. Landry Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA Advent Mass December 18, 2001 We are in the Octave of immediate preparation for Christmas. What we “get out” of this celebration will be proportional to what we...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Second Sunday of Advent, Year A December 9, 2001 Is11:1-10; Rom15:4-9; Mt 3:1-12 1) This Sunday’s liturgy makes us hear the voice of the two greatest Advent preachers: Isaiah and St. John the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Solemnity of Christ the King, Year C November 25, 2001 2Sam 5:1-3; Col1:12-20; Lk23:35-43 1) We celebrate the fact today that Christ is king of the universe. King of everything. King of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA Thanksgiving Mass November 20, 2001 1) “What do we have to give thanks for this year, anyway? Our country’s been attacked. Thousands have died. We’re all under threat. We can’t even...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 32nd Sunday of OT, Year C November 11, 2001 2Macc7:12-9-14; 2Thes2:61-3:5; Lk20:27-38 1) Jesus focuses on the reality of the resurrection of the body, of heaven, and of how marriage fits into...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA All Saints Day November 1, 2001 Rev 7:2-4,9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12 Homiletic Notes • St. Teresa of Avila, Siempre. Lived for heaven. Sought to live for God. Great joy through suffering...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 29th Sunday of OT, Year C October 21, 2001 Ex 17:8-13; 2Tim3:14-14:2; Lk 18:1-8 1) Jesus could not have been any more explicit in today’s Gospel about prayer. He said that we need to pray...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Mass for the Woman’s Rosary Sodality 27th Sunday of OT, Year C Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary October 7, 2001 Hb1:2-3;2:2-4; 2 tim1:6-8,13-14; Lk 17:5-10 Homiletic notes and outline for...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 27th Sunday of OT, Year C Respect Life Sunday October 7, 2001 Heb1:2-3;2:2-4; 2 Tim1:6-8,13-14; Lk 17:5-10 1) We were all shocked by the tremendous violence and hatred that the whole world...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 25th Sunday of OT, Year C September 23, 2001 Am 8:4-7; 1Tim2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 1) This Sunday’s Gospel is perhaps the most confusing story in any part of the Gospel. It almost seems as if Jesus...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 23rd Sunday of OT, Year C September 9, 2001 Wis 9:13-18; Phlm 9-10, 12-17; Lk 14:25-33 1) Today’s Gospel is meant to change our lives forever. From the perspective of heaven, if we’re blessed...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 21st Sunday of OT, Year C August 26, 2001 Is 66:18-21; Heb 12:5-7; Lk 13:22-30 1) “How many people will be saved?,” someone asks from the Crowd today. It could have easily been any of us...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 20th Sunday of OT, Year C August 19, 2001 Jer 28:4-6,8-10; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53 1) Last week, we focused on the faith of Abraham, the trust in God that made this old man capable of doing...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 19th Sunday of OT, Year C August 12, 2001 Wis 18:6-9; Heb 11:1-2,8-19; Lk 12:32-48 1) Imagine that you were 75 years old and you became convinced that God appeared to you one day and said...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 18th Sunday of OT, Year C August 5, 2001 Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23; Col 3:1-5,9-11; Lk 12:13-21 1) Almost everything in this world is vanity: Money, fame, property, solely earthly relationships and...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 16th Sunday of OT, Year C July 22, 2001 Gn 18:1-10; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 Homiletic notes 1) Today’s Gospel scene is startling, in how Jesus sides with Mary against her sister Martha. Do...
Father Roger J. Landry Dominican Monastery, Krakow, Poland Tertio Millennio Conference Wednesday of 13th Week, Year I July 4, 2001 Gen 21:5:8-20; Mt 8:28-34 In today’s Gospel, the inhabitants asked Jesus, who had come to heal them of their...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Dominican Monastery, Krakow, Poland Tertio Millennio Conference Memorial of St. Ireneaus June 28, 2001 2Tim2:22-26; Jn 17:20-26 1) “The glory of God is man fully alive,” St. Ireneus teaches us, “and the life of man is the vision...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Pentecost Sunday, Year C June 3, 2001 Acts 2:1-11; 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13; Jn 20:19-23 1) First day at ES. Tour from Fr. Jim. Turned around and saw the stained glass. I counted the apostles...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA Baccalaureate Mass for BCHS Class of 2001 Holy Name Parish, Fall River Memorial of St. Justin Martyr June 1, 2001 1Cor 1:18-25; Mt 28:16-20 1) There are no coincidences in God. This...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year C May 27, 2001 Acts 7:55-60; Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; Jn 17:20-26 1) In today’s Gospel, taken from St. John’s account of the last Supper, Jesus the Lord pours...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Ascension of the Lord, Year C May 24, 2001 Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 1) This Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord into heaven leads us to celebrate several things. First and...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C May 20, 2001 Acts 15:1-2,22-29; Rev 21:10-14, 22-23; Jn 14:23-29 1) In the readings of today’s Mass, the Church begins the period of preparation for the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year C May 6, 2001 Acts 13:14,43-52; Rev 7:9,14-17; Jn 10:27-30 1) Christ says to us very clearly that his sheep hear his voice. He knows them and they follow him. He...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Second Sunday of Easter, Year C April 22, 2001 Acts 5:12-16; Ps 118; Rev 1:9-11-13,17-19;Jn20:19-31 1) Put yourself in the upper room with the apostles on the night of the resurrection. Two...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Good Friday April 13, 2001 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...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Palm Sunday, Year C April 8, 2001 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 Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 5th Sunday of Lent, Year C April 1, 2001 Is 43:16-21; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 1) Last week we encountered the extraordinary parable of Jesus about the Prodigal Son, about the Father’s love for...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 4th Sunday of Lent, Year C March 25, 2001 Josh 5:9-10;12; 2Cor5:17-21; Lk15:1-3,11-32 Homiletic Notes 1. Ambassador of Christ — Brings a message from the one represented, God appeals through...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 2nd Sunday of Lent, Year C March 11, 2001 Gen 15:5-12, 17-18; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28-36 1) Why does the Church give us this reading of the Transfiguration of the Lord every second Sunday of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA Ash Wednesday February 28, 2001 1) A priest friend of mine recently told me a story that occurred 23 years ago last week. He had gone to Florida to visit his grandparents, but his...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 8th Sunday of OT, Year C February 25, 2001 Sir 24:4-7; Ps 92:2-3,13-16;1Cor15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 1) For the third straight week, we have a chance to listen to the greatest homily ever given:...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 6th Sunday of OT, Year C February 11, 2001 Jer 17:5-8; 1Cor 15:12,16-20; Lk 6:17,20-26 1) Today’s readings draw an extraordinarily sharp contrast that is highly relevant to us, between two...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, MA Catholic Schools Week Feast of the Presentation February 2, 2001 Jesus is the “light of revelation to the Gentiles and the glory of his people Israel.” These words from the elderly...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA 4th Sunday of OT, Year C Catholic Schools Week Mass January 28, 2001 Jer 1:4-5, 17-19; 1 Cor 12:31-13:13; Lk 4:21-30 Why did God give us a brain? So that we might learn the truth, and...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Solemnity of the Epiphany January 7, 2001 Catholic Vocations Week Three wise men came from such a distance to adore Christ, to give them their homage much more than gold, frankincense and...