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November 2, 2013

31st Sunday C Ordinary Time – St. Charles Parish

Introduction It is a special pleasure for me to visit St. Charles Borromeo Parish for the first time and to offer Holy Mass with you and for you, and to do this so near to your patronal feast, November 4th. What a wonderful patron – St. Charles Borromeo – the patron saint of Blessed John...
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November 1, 2013

Feast of All Saints

Introduction It is a great joy to be with you, dear sisters, on this, the second anniversary of that day when, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary you made public vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and celebrated the decree establishing the All Saints Sisters as...
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October 27, 2013

Red Mass Homily – Basilica of the Assumption

Introduction Bill Moyers, who currently hosts “Bill Moyers and Company” on PBS as many of you know, was President Lyndon Johnson’s press secretary in the 1960’s. One morning, the President asked Mr. Moyers to begin a breakfast meeting with a prayer. Mr. Moyers had just begun his prayer when President Johnson said, “Louder, Bill, louder,...
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October 24, 2013

Catholic Review Column: A Look Inside Lumen Fidei in the Year of Faith, Part 2 of 4

The following column by Archbishop Lori is the second in a four-part series on Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Lumen Fidei” for the Year of Faith, which concludes on November 24, 2013. To read part 1, which examines the introduction and first chapter of the encyclical, visit www.archbalt.org. The title of the encyclical’s second chapter is ‘Unless...
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October 23, 2013

Red Mass Homily – Diocese of Richmond

Historical Notes Let me begin by thanking you for your kind invitation to take part in the annual Red Mass here in the Diocese of Richmond. This is my first opportunity to visit the Diocese of Richmond since my installation as Archbishop of Baltimore a year and a half ago. As you may know, Richmond...
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October 20, 2013

White Mass Homily

Introduction Msgr. Valenzano, Father DeAscanis, and dear friends in Christ, What a joy it is to welcome all of you here to the Basilica of the Assumption for this White Mass for Catholic health care professionals. This morning I would like to extend a warm word of thanks to everyone from the Catholic Medical Association...
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October 20, 2013

Returning to our Missionary Roots

This weekend our Church observes World Mission Sunday, the day set aside for Catholics throughout the world to recommit themselves, through prayer and sacrifice, to the missionary zeal that has defined our Church since its very beginnings. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has shown himself to be a great teacher with the heart of a...
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October 15, 2013

Red Mass Homily – St. Teresa of Avila

I. Introduction Let me begin by thanking you, Bishop Libasci, and the Lawyers’ Guild for so kindly inviting me to take part in this annual Red Mass and for the honor and privilege of preaching at it. I am very happy to join in prayer with all of you who are involved in the practice...
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October 10, 2013

Catholic Review Column: A Look Inside Lumen Fidei in the Year of Faith, Part 1 of 4

As our Church prepares to wrap up its observance of the Year of Faith, I offer these observations on Pope Francis’ encyclical on faith called, “Lumen Fidei”, “The Light of Faith.” Though the encyclical was largely completed by Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, without hesitation, made it his own and issued it under his own...
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October 6, 2013

Respect Life Mass

I. Introduction A few weeks ago, I was about to enter St. Theresa’s Church in Trumbull, Connecticut, for the installation of my successor as Bishop of Bridgeport, when I received an urgent email from my Communications Director here in Baltimore. He said that the Pope had given an interview to America magazine, that it was...
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October 5, 2013

Deacon Convocation

I. Introduction Dear brother Deacons, and dear friends in Christ, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, in which we are all privileged to serve, is distinguished for many reasons. But perhaps the most distinguishing reason of all is that saints have come from this local Church: our brothers and sisters in the Faith who have “fought the...
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October 3, 2013

Votive Mass of Saint Edmund Campion, Priest and Martyr

Worthy Supreme Knight and Mrs. Anderson, Msgr. Valenzano, Lord Nicholas, Lord Alton, and dear friends in Christ, I. Introduction It is an honor for me and an honor for this local Church to receive here in this Oratory these precious relics: the crucifix of Saint Thomas More, and a relic of Saint Edmund Campion, a...
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