Advent Dynamism, First Sunday of Advent (A), November 28, 2004
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA First Sunday of Advent, Year A November 28, 2004 Is 2:1-5; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 1) Happy New Year’s Day! Today the Church, indeed,...
View ArticleThe Voice, The Word and Our Conversion, Second Sunday of Advent (A), December...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Second Sunday of Advent, Year A December 5, 2004 Is 11:1-10; Rom 15:4-9; Mt 3:1-12 1) On the second Sunday of Advent each year, the Church...
View ArticleMaking Christmas Come Alive, Christmas 2004, December 25, 2004
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Christmas 2004 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 Holy Family and Your Family, Feast of the Holy Family 2004, December 26,...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Holy Family, Year A December 26, 2004 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...
View ArticleThree Reactions to the Manifestation of Christ, Epiphany of the Lord, January...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Epiphany of the Lord January 2, 2005 Is 60:1-6; Eph3:2-3,5-6; Mt2:1-12 1) We celebrate today the Lord’s “Epiphany,” the Greek word for his...
View ArticleRemembering Our Dignity and Living It, Baptism of the Lord 2005, January 9, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Baptism of the Lord, Year A January 8-9, 2005 Is 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Mt 3:13-17 1) Last Sunday, we celebrated the Lord’s epiphany as...
View ArticleRecognizing & Pointing Out Jesus, 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), January...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A January 16, 2005 Is 49:3,5-6; 1Cor 1:1-3; Jn 1:29-34 1) There’s a truly remarkable phrase in today’s...
View ArticleUnion with Christ and Its Consequences, 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (A),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A January 23, 2005 Is 8:23-9:3; 1Cor 1:10-13, 17; Mt 4:12-23 1) We are now within the Week of Prayer for...
View ArticleThe Beatitudes Personified: The Only Way to True Happiness, 4th Sunday of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A January 30, 2005 Zeph 2:3,3:12-13; 1Cor1:26-31; Mt 5:1-12 1) The greatest homily Jesus ever preached...
View ArticleExecuting Christ’s Game Plan, 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), February 6, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A February 6, 2005 Is 58:7-10; 1Cor 2:1-5; Mt 5:13-16 1) Over the past two weeks, as we’ve gotten ready...
View ArticleThe New Adam and the Way to Defeat Temptations, 1st Sunday of Lent (A),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA First Sunday of Lent, Year A February 13, 2005 Gen 2:7-9, 3:1-7; Rom 5:12-19; Mt 4:1-11 1) At the end of today’s second reading, St. Paul...
View ArticleUp and Down Mount Tabor with Jesus, 2nd Sunday of Lent (A), February 20, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Second Sunday of Lent, Year A February 20, 2005 Gen 12:1-4; 2Tim1:8-10; Mt 17:1-9 1) Today the Lord takes Peter, James and John up Mt. Tabor...
View ArticleGive Me That Living Water!, 3rd Sunday of Lent (A), February 27, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Third Sunday of Lent, Year A February 27, 2005 Ex 17:3-7; Rom 5:1-2,5-8; Jn 4:5-42 1) Jesus, the Good Shepherd, promised that he would leave...
View Article“You Have Seen Him and He Is Speaking To You Now,” 4th Sunday of Lent (A),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A March 6, 2005 1Sam 16:1,6-7,10-13; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 1) In this dramatic scene from today’s Gospel, Jesus...
View Article“Come Out Of Your Tomb!,” 5th Sunday of Lent (A), March 13, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A March 13, 2005 Ezek 37:12-14; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 1) The episode of Jesus’ raising Lazarus from the dead is so...
View ArticleFrom Palm Branches to the Wood of the Cross, Palm Sunday (A), March 20, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Palm Sunday, Year A March 20, 2005 Mt 21:1-11; Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66 1) This Palm Sunday Liturgy is framed by two...
View ArticleBeing Risen With Christ, Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Easter Sunday March 27, 2005 Acts 10:34, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 1) Today we mark, with Christians throughout the world, the greatest day...
View ArticleThe Culmination of John Paul II’s Pontificate, Third Sunday of Easter (A),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Third Sunday of Easter, Year A April 10, 2005 Acts 2:14,22-28; 1Pet 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35 1) Two days ago, we witnessed the largest funeral in...
View ArticleHow the Good Shepherd Shepherds Us, Fourth Sunday of Easter (A), April 17, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A April 17, 2005 Acts 2:14, 36-41; 1Pet2:20-25; Jn 10:1-10 1) The Fourth Sunday of Easter each year is called...
View ArticleCo-workers of the Truth, Fifth Sunday of Easter (A), April 24, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A April 24, 2005 Acts 6:1-7; 1Pet2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12 1) Early this morning the eyes of the world were all fixed on...
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