In the wake of the shooting at Butler, Pennsylvania, let us pray for the person who died and for those who were injured, including the former president. Let us also pray for an end to violence and for the wisdom to find pathos of honest and constructive dialog in these challenging days for our nation and for the world.Read More

God is calling you to some definite service. He has in mind a specific vocation for you, and within that vocation, some specific work he wants you -- and nobody else – to do. You might not be able to see this right away; sometimes you have to be a little older or maybe a lot older to see how God’s hand is guiding you through life. But make no mistake: God is calling you.Read More

As the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Chapter 11 reorganization moves forward, Archbishop William E. Lori on Monday offered his “earnest commitment” to work with the creditors’ committee of survivors toward fair and equitable compensation for victims of child sexual abuse.Read More

I’m delighted to celebrate Holy Mass this morning here at St. Mary’s, and on this occasion, to install Fr. James Boric as your pastor and as your pastor at St. Michael in Clear Spring. He’s been here, of course, more than a year, and in that time, you have come to know what I know: he is a faithful, singlehearted priest and pastor, or to put it another way, he’s the “real deal.”Read More

So on this day of rejoicing and blessing, let us entrust our cares and worries & weaknesses to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, confident that he knows us and loves us more deeply than we could ever know and love ourselves, confident that he bears our burdens and heals our infirmities and that he lead us, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to the Father of mercies.Read More