Author Archive: Fr. Roger J. Landry
Father Roger J. Landry was ordained a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts by Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. on June 26, 1999.
After receiving a biology degree from Harvard College, Fr. Landry studied for the priesthood in Maryland, Toronto, and for several years in Rome.
After his priestly ordination, Father returned to Rome to complete graduate work in Moral Theology and Bioethics at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Rome.
He speaks widely on the thought of Pope John Paul II and on apologetics, and is pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in New Bedford, MA and Executive Editor of The Anchor, the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Fall River. His articles and homilies are found at www.catholicpreaching.com.
My Conversion to Divine Mercy
When I first entered Mount St. Mary’s seminary in Maryland, I met some fellow seminarians with a devotion to the Divine Mercy. They would often get together and recite the chaplet together. I was invited on several occasions to join them, but I always politely declined. I thought I didn’t need another devotion and preferred [...]
Learning from the Shepherds
There is something beautifully symbolic about the tradition of Midnight Mass. It shows that Christians are so eager for Christmas to begin that they want to start celebrating on the first moment of Christmas day. People who ordinarily never go out late at night and are often at that hour dressed in pajamas and sleeping [...]
Meditation Notes on the “O Antiphons”
The “O Antiphons” refer to the seven antiphons that are recited (or chanted) preceding the Magnificat during Vespers of the Liturgy of the Hours. They cover the special period of Advent preparation known as the Octave before Christmas, December 17-23, with December 24 being Christmas Eve and Vespers for that evening being for the Christmas [...]
Same Sex “Marriage” — False evolution and false gold
[Last May] President Barack Obama surprised no one when he announced — contrary to repeated affirmations during his 2004 senate and 2008 presidential campaigns that Marriage is the union of a man and a woman — that he now believes that Marriage can be a husbandless or wifeless institution. The reason that no one was [...]
Imagining and Imaging the Trinitarian Communion of Love
Last week we celebrated the feast of Pentecost, when the apostles and disciples were strengthened by the Holy Spirit to fulfill the mission Jesus gave them ten days before at his ascension. We see the marching orders Jesus gave them and us in today’s Gospel: “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in [...]
My Conversion to Divine Mercy
When I first entered Mount St. Mary’s seminary in Maryland, I met some fellow seminarians with a devotion to the Divine Mercy. They would often get together and recite the chaplet together. I was invited on several occasions to join them, but I always politely declined. I thought I didn’t need another devotion and preferred [...]
The Ascent of Love and St. Valentine’s Day
In Anticipation of St. Valentine’s Day There’s something beautiful about St. Valentine’s Day. It’s a day on which romantic love is justly celebrated and couples feel inspired to show their affection for each other in extraordinary ways. It’s a day on which young men drop to their knees to propose to young women. It’s a [...]
The Healing Power of Jesus’ Word
Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a homily delivered by Father Landry at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (Job 7:1-4,6-7; 1Cor 9:16-19,22-23; Mk 1:29-39) Understanding Jesus’ Priorities In today’s readings, we encounter a lot of suffering. In the first reading, Job [...]
Crucial Lessons from the Epiphany
We have heard the story of the Epiphany — the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles represented by the wise men — so many times that the truly remarkable aspects of it, and their meaning, can be lost on us. That’s why today I would like to focus on three aspects of the account of [...]
Making Our Hearts a Crib
St. John Vianney always loved the major feasts of our faith, but Christmas in particular filled him with extraordinary joy. In the tiny baby Jesus lying in the manger; the Curé of Ars saw enfleshed the amazing extent of God’s love and the central lines of his plan to save us. On [this] Christmas Eve, [...]
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