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...