Archbishop William E. Lori, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

February 14, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Ash Wednesday 2024

Lent is just beginning, and now is as good a time as any to make a plan for Lent. Because, in this moment, in this Mass we’re celebrating here and now, the Lord is calling us to repent and believe in the Gospel.

February 11, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day of the Sick

After Jesus cured the leper, he instructed him to show himself to the priests, who, in turn, would offer a lamb as a sacrifice of thanksgiving for his healing.

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February 10, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

In Catholic elementary school, our teachers often told us about modern-day saints, such as St. Francis Cabrini, an Italian immigrant nun who opened a string of hospitals serving the poor all around the United States.

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February 9, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Black History Month Mass

It is a joy to welcome all of you here to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. The Cathedral is a special Church for everyone in our Archdiocese, the Cathedral is where you find the Bishops chair, “the cathedra”, the place from which I lead the liturgy and teach the faith.

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February 8, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Seek the City to Come; City-wide Mass

Several months ago, as we completed the listening phase, we joined together for an evening of prayer at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.

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February 4, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Mount 2000

It’s a joy to be here at Mount 2000 for this closing Mass. I hope you’ve had a great experience here at the Mount. I know that the seminarians have put in a lot of hard work for this weekend but I also know how happy they are to share with you the excitement and...

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February 3, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Spending these few, entirely pleasant days in the Florida sunshine with fellow members of the family of the Knights of Columbus, it may be a little hard for us to identify with Job’s complaint about the drudgery of life, its slavish routines, its paltry rewards, about life’s brevity, the anxiety it generates, its futility.

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February 2, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, something is definitely happening in the most consequential of all dramas, the drama of which God is the creator, the producer, and chief protagonist – the drama which is God’s plan for the creation and redemption of the world, the drama in which...

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January 28, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We have already thanked Father John for his commitment of love, but before concluding, I want to express my warmest gratitude to each of you.

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January 21, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Father Rapisarda has been with you now for quite a while and you have found him to be a good priest and a gentle shepherd who leads your parish and serves your pastoral needs with dedication and love.

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January 20, 2024

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Mass in Remembrance of John Cardinal O’Connor

It is a joy to offer this concluding Mass of the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life. Clearly, he was a primary architect of the pro-life movement in the United States, an architect who helped lay its foundations, foundations we continue to build on.

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January 14, 2024