Witnesses of Hope, Sixth Sunday of Easter (A), May 1, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A May 1, 2005 Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1Pet 3:15-18; Jn 14:15-21 1) Ten years ago this October, our great deceased Holy...
View ArticleThe Way of Our Ascension with Christ, Ascension Thursday (A), May 5, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Ascension, Year A May 5, 2005 Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 1) We read at the beginning of today’s Gospel that, when the eleven...
View ArticleHow the Church is Reborn, Seventh Sunday of Easter (A), May 8, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A May 8, 2005 Acts 1:12-14; 1Pet 4:13-16; Jn 17:1-11 1) After the Ascension, as we read in the first reading,...
View ArticleThe Difference the Holy Spirit Makes, Pentecost Sunday, May 15, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Pentecost Sunday May 15, 2005 Acts 2:1-11; 1Cor12:3-7,12-13; Rom 8:8-17; Jn 20:19-23; Jn 14:15-16,23-26 1) 53 days ago, the apostles were all...
View ArticleEntering and Sharing in the Trinitarian Communion of Love, Holy Trinity...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Trinity Sunday, Year A May 22, 2005 Ex 34:4-6, 8-9; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18 1) Today we celebrate the feast of who God is. Every Sunday is,...
View ArticleOur Eucharistic Test, Corpus Christi (A), May 29, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Corpus Christi, Year A May 29, 2005 Deut 8:2-3, 14-16; 1Cor10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58 1) On this Solemnity of Corpus Christi one year ago, Pope John...
View ArticleMatthew’s Conversion & Ours, Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), June 5, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A June 5, 2005 Hos 6:3-6; Rom 4:18-25; Mt 9:9-13 1) There’s an amazing encounter in today’s Gospel between...
View ArticleChosen for the Mission, Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), June 12, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A June 12, 2005 Ex 19:2-6; Rom 5:6-11; Mt 9:36-10:8 1) Today’s readings focus on two essential and...
View ArticleJesus and Our Fears, Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), June 19, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A June 19, 2005 Jer 20:10-13; Rom 5:12-15; Mt 10:26-33 1) There’s a paradox in today’s Gospel. On the...
View ArticleNewness of Life, Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), June 26, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, MA Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A June 26, 2005 2Kings 4:8-11,14-16; Rom 6:3-4,8-11; Mt 10:37-42 1) In today’s second reading, St....
View ArticleThe Refreshment That Jesus Gives, Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A July 2, 2005 Zech 9:9-10; Rom 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30 1) In coming to Mass today, you...
View ArticleTaking Our Soil Sample, Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), July 10, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A July 10, 2005 Is 55:10-11; Rom 8: 18-23; Mt 13:1-23 1) By the parable of the sower and the...
View ArticleOur Mission in the Church to Build Up Christ’s Kingdom, Sixteenth Sunday of...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A July 17, 2005 Wis 12:13,16-19; Rom 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43 1) With a hat-trick of different...
View ArticleOur Five Loaves and Two Fish, Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), July...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A July 31, 2005 Is 55:1-3; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21 1) In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches...
View ArticleWalking on the Water with Jesus, Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A August 7, 2005 1Kings 19:9,11-13; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 1) We learn three lessons from...
View ArticleOur Role in Salvation History, Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), August...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A August 14, 2005 Is 56:1,6-7; Rom 11:13-15, 29-32; Mt 15:21-28 1) In order to grasp the meaning...
View ArticleJesus, Peter & the Church, Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), August...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Saint Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A August 21, 2005 Is 22:15, 19-23; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 1) “O how deep are the riches...
View ArticleJudging by God’s Standards, Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), August...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A August 28, 2005 Jer 20:7-9; Rom 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27 1) There’s a dramatic turnaround from...
View ArticleChristian Correction Together with Jesus, Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A September 4, 2005 Ezek 33:7-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20 1) “Where two or three are gathered...
View ArticleForgiveness, Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), September 11, 2005
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A September 11, 2005 Sir 27:30-28:7; Rom 14:7-9; Mt 18:21-35 1) If someone hurts us, we...
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