Opening the Door for Christ this Advent, 1st Sunday of Advent (B), December...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA First Sunday of Advent, Year B December 1, 2002 Is 63:16-17,19; 64:2-7; Ps 80; 1Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37 1) Today we begin a new liturgical year....
View ArticleJohn the Baptist and Our Advent Conversion, 2nd Sunday of Advent (B),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Second Sunday of Advent, Year B December 8, 2002 Is. 40: 1-5, 9-11; Mark 1:1-8 1) Every Advent, the Church sends us four helpers to prepare to...
View ArticleIncessant Joy, Thanks and Prayer, 3rd Sunday of Advent (B), December 15, 2002
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Third Sunday of Advent, Year B December 15, 2002 Is 61:1-2,10-11; Lk 1:46-42; 1Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 1) Many of us have spent years on...
View ArticleLet Us Go To Bethlehem, Christmas, December 25, 2002
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Christmas Day 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...
View ArticleThe Desert, Jesus and Our Conversion, 1st Sunday of Lent (B), March 9, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Diocese of Fall River Television Mass Bishop Stang Chapel, N. Dartmouth, MA First Sunday of Lent, B March 9, 2003 Gen 9:8-15; 1Pet3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 • We have Jesus’ first homily...
View ArticleOur Heavenly Father and Father in Faith, 2nd Sunday of Lent (B), March 16, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Our Lady of Health Parish, Fall River, MA Second Sunday of Lent, B March 16, 2003 Gen 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18; Rom 8:31-34; Mk 9:2-10 1) We encounter two of the most dramatic scenes in...
View ArticleCleansing the Holy Spirit’s Temple, 3rd Sunday of Lent (B), March 23, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish Third Sunday of Lent, B March 23, 2003 Ex 20:1-17; 1Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25 1) In today’s Gospel, we encounter a Jesus with whom many of us, especially today,...
View ArticleImitating Christ, the Grain of Wheat, Fifth Sunday of Lent (B), April 6, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Church, Fall River, MA Fifth Sunday of Lent, B April 6, 2003 Jer 31:31-34; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 1) In the older, majestic pulpits in Europe, often they would...
View ArticleSeeking the Things that Are Above, Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Church, Fall River, MA Easter Sunday, 2003 April 20, 2003 Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; John 20:1-9 Christ has risen! Alleluia! Christ has truly risen! Alleluia!...
View ArticleJesus, We Trust in You!, Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Second Sunday of Easter, 2003 April 27, 2003 Acts 2:42-47; 1Pet1:3-9; Jn 20:1-9 1) We celebrated last week the most important event in the...
View ArticleWitnesses of These Things: Apostolic Succession and Our New Bishop, 3rd...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Third Sunday of Easter, Year B May 4, 2003 Acts 2:42-47; 1Pet1:3-9; Jn 20:1-9 1) “You are witnesses of these things.” In today’s Gospel, we see...
View ArticleLoving As Jesus and the Father Do, 6th Sunday of Easter (B), May 25, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Sixth Sunday of Easter, B May 25, 2003 Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17 1) There’s a story told by St. Jerome, a...
View ArticlePentecost and the Courage to Witness, Pentecost Sunday), June 8, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Pentecost Sunday, Year B June 8, 2003 Acts 2:1-11; 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13; Jn 20:19-23 1) 53 days ago, the apostles were all gathered together in...
View ArticleThe Father Within the Mystery of the Trinity, Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, MA Trinity Sunday, Year B (Fathers’ Day) June 15, 2003 Deut 4:32-34, 39-40; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20 1) Today we celebrate the feast of God, who...
View ArticleHow to Receive and Follow Jesus, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 6, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 14th Sunday of OT, Year B July 6, 2003 Ez 2:2-5; 2 Cor 7-10; Mk 6:1-6 1) Today’s readings focus on two of the most essential realities of...
View ArticleContinuing Jesus’ Mission, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 13, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 15th Sunday of OT, Year B July 13, 2003 Am 7:12-15; Eph 1:3-14; Mk 6:7-13 1) Jesus’ love for us was so great that not only did he want to save...
View ArticleGood Shepherds and Good Sheep, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 20, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 16th Sunday of OT, Year B July 20, 2003 Jer 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34 1) The Lord says through the prophet Jeremiah in today’s first...
View ArticleFive Loaves and Two Fish, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 27, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 17th Sunday of OT, Year B July 27, 2003 2Kings4:42-44; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15 1) We have been focusing all year on the Gospel of St. Mark. If we...
View ArticleThe Real Presence and Our Response, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), August...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 19th Sunday of OT, Year B August 10, 2003 2Kings4:42-44; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15 1) Today we enter together into the third week of Jesus’...
View ArticleAssumption and Cremation, Assumption of Our Lady 2003, August 15, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis, MA Solemnity of the Assumption 2003 August 15, 2003 Rev 11:19,12:1-6,10; 1Cor15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 “The Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all...
View ArticleThe Scandal of the Eucharist, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), August 17, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 20th Sunday of OT, Year B August 17, 2003 Prov 9:1-6; Eph 5:15-20; John 6:52-59 1) Today we enter into one of the most important and dramatic...
View ArticleChoosing the Lord in Marriage and in the Eucharist, 21st Sunday in Ordinary...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 21st Sunday of OT, Year B August 24, 2003 Jos 24:1-2,15-18; Eph 5:21-32; Jn 6:60-69 1) Today’s readings could not be possibly more dramatic —...
View ArticleDoing the Word, Not Adding or Subtracting From It, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 22nd Sunday of OT, Year B August 31, 2003 Deut 4:1-2,6-8; James 1:17-18; 21-22, 27; Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 1) Saint James challenges every one...
View ArticleHe Has Done All Things Well, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), September 7, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 23rd Sunday of OT, Year B September 7, 2003 Is 35:4-7; James 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37 1) In today’s Gospel we glimpse the awe of those who witnessed...
View ArticleAve, O Crux, Spes Unica, Exaltation of the Cross, September 14, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Exaltation of the Cross, Year B September 14, 2003 Num 21:4-9; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 1) Today we celebrate what Pope John Paul II has called...
View ArticleBeing Fully with the Lord, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), September 28, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 26th Sunday of OT, Year B September 28, 2003 Numbers 11:25-29; James 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43,45,47-48 1) We encounter in today’s Gospel a big...
View ArticleMan Leaves Father and Mother and Clings to His Wife, 27th Sunday in Ordinary...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 27th Sunday of OT, Year B October 5, 2003 Gen 2:18-24; Heb 2:9-11; Mk10:2-16 1) At the beginning of time, God created the heavens and the...
View ArticleInvesting for An Eternal Treasure, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), October...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 28th Sunday of OT, Year B October 12, 2003 Wis 7:7-11; Heb 4:12-13; Mk 10:17-30 1) As a young king of the Lord’s people, Solomon pleased the...
View ArticleTrue Servants of the Servants of God, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 29th Sunday of OT, Year B 25th anniversary of the Election of Pope John Paul II October 19, 2003 Is 53:10-11; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45 1) God...
View ArticleLord, I Want to See You… In Your Priests, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 30th Sunday of OT, Year B October 26, 2003 Jer 31:7-9; Heb 5:1-6; Mk 10:46-52 1) “What do you want me to do for you?” Which one of us would...
View ArticleAll Saints Day and the Path to Heaven, All Saints Day 2003, November 1, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA All Saints Day 2003 November 1, 2003 Rev 7:2-4,9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12 1) This is a feast about the whole point of human life. We’re made...
View ArticleAll Souls’ Day — Including Yours, All Souls’ Day 2003, November 2, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA All Souls’ Day 2003 November 2, 2003 Job 19:1,23-27; Ps 23; 1Cor15:51-57; Jn6:37-40; Wis 3:1-9; Philippians 3:20-21; Jn 11:17-27;...
View ArticleWaiting in Joyful Hope for the Lord’s Coming, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA 33rd Sunday of OT, Year B November 16, 2003 Dan 12:1-3; Heb 10:11-14, 18; Mk 13:24-32 1) It is very common for the passages from Sacred...
View ArticleChrist Our King, Solemnity of Christ the King (B), November 23, 2003
Fr. Roger J. Landry Channel 6 (Providence) Sunday Television Mass Bishop Stang Chapel, Dartmouth, MA Christ the King, Year B November 23, 2003 Dn 7:13-14; Rev1:5-8; Jn 18:33-37 1) Today with the whole...
View ArticleChrist the King and His Kingdom of Truth, Solemnity of Christ the King (B),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Christ the King, Year B November 23, 2003 Dn 7:13-14; Rev1:5-8; Jn 18:33-37 1) Today with the whole Church we celebrate the solemnity of...
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