New Year’s Resolutions, First Sunday of Advent (C), December 3, 2006
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA 1st Sunday of Advent, C December 3, 2006 Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25; 1Thes 3:12-4:2; Lk 21:25-28,34-36 1) Happy New Year! I say it again: Happy...
View ArticleAdvent at the Jordan, Second Sunday of Advent (C), December 10, 2006
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA 2nd Sunday of Advent, C December 10, 2006 Bar 5:1-9; Phil 1:4-6,8-11; Lk 3:1-6 1) On the second Sunday of Advent each year, the Church...
View ArticleThe Foundation For Our Advent Joy, Third Sunday of Advent (C), December 17, 2006
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA 3rd Sunday of Advent, C December 17, 2006 Zeph 3:14-18; Philippians 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 1) “What then should we do?” This was the question...
View ArticleAdvent Personified, Fourth Sunday of Advent (C), December 24, 2006
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA 4th Sunday of Advent, C December 24, 2006 Mic 5:1-4; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45 1) Each your, on the fourth Sunday of Advent, the Church...
View ArticleBringing Christmas to Life Again, Christmas (C), December 25, 2006
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA Christmas 2006 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;...
View ArticleThe Redemption of the Family and Our Role as Co-Redeemers, Holy Family (C),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Holy Family, Year C December 31, 2006 1 Sam 2:20-22,24-28; 1 John 3:1-2,21-24; Lk 2:41-52 1) We celebrate today the Feast of the Holy...
View ArticleThe Wise Men’s and Our Preparation and Homage for the Lord, Epiphany (C),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA Epiphany, Year C January 7, 2007 Is 60:1-6; Eph 3:2-3,5-6; Mt 2:1-12 1) Today we celebrate the Lord’s Epiphany, the “manifestation” of...
View ArticleThe Epiphanies in Cana, Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (C), January 14, 2007
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C January 14, 2007 Is 62:1-5; 1Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11 1) Last week we celebrated the epiphany or...
View ArticleThe Certainty of the Teachings We Have Received, Third Sunday of Ordinary...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C January 21, 2007 Neh 8:2-4,5-6,8-10; 1Cor 12:12-30; Lk 1:1-4;4:14-21 1) In the passage we have...
View ArticleLoving God and Others In And With The Truth, Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C January 28, 2007 Jer 1:4-5,17-19; 1Cor 12:31-13:13; Lk 4:21-30 1) Today we mark the beginning of...
View ArticleLiving By The Church’s Motto, Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (C), February 4,...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C February 4, 2007 Is 6:1-8; 1Cor 15:1-11; Lk 5:1-11 1) At the beginning of the third Christian...
View ArticleTwo Types of Trust, Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (C), February 11, 2007
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C February 11, 2007 Jer 17:5-8; 1Cor 15:12,16-20;Lk 6:17,20-26 1) There is a huge contrast in today’s...
View ArticleChrist’s Standards and Ours, Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time (C), February...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C February 18, 2007 1Sam 26:2,7-9,12-13,22-23; 1Cor 15:45-59; Lk 6:27-38 1) Today Jesus continues...
View ArticleTriumphing Over Temptation, First Sunday of Lent (C), Febraury 25, 2007
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA First Sunday of Lent, Year C February 25, 2007 Dt 26:4-10;Rom 10:8-13;Lk 4:1-13 1) The episode in today’s Gospel is particularly...
View ArticleFaithful Friends of Christ’s Cross, Second Sunday of Lent (C), March 4, 2007
Fr. Roger J. Landry Second Sunday of Lent, Year C March 4, 2007 Gen 15:5-12,17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28-36 1) Every year on the second Sunday of Lent the Church gives us two great gifts in the...
View ArticleA Year To Bear Fruit, Third Sunday of Lent (C), March 11, 2007
Fr. Roger J. Landry Third Sunday of Lent, Year C March 11, 2007 Ex 3:1-8,13-15; 1Cor 10:1-6,10-12; Lk 13:1-9 1) Lent is the time for us to realize that we are dust and unto dust we shall return. It is...
View ArticleAdultery and Forgiveness, Fifth Sunday of Lent (C), March 25, 2007
Fr. Roger J. Landry Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year C March 25, 2007 Is 43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-12; Jn 8:1-11 1) Last week, Jesus preached to us the parable of the Prodigal Son, which stressed the...
View ArticleWhat Will This Child Become?, Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA Birth of St. John the Baptist June 24, 2007 (Vigil) Jer 1:4-10; 1Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17; (Day) Is 49:1-6; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66 1)...
View ArticleThe Faithful and Unfaithful Disciple, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C),...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Nineteenth Sunday in OT, Year C August 12, 2007 Wis 18:6-9; Heb 11:1-2, 8-19; Lk 12:32-48 1) Once in St. Luke’s Gospel, Jesus asked...
View ArticleThe Cost and Conditions of True Discipleship, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time...
Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford, MA Twenty-Third Sunday in OT, Year C September 9, 2007 Wis 9:13-18; Philemon 9-10,12-17; Lk 14:25-33 1) In the first reading, the Book of...
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