Archbishop William E. Lori, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

September 16, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

All around us are the fonts of mercy – the confessional, the altar, ministries of mercy.

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September 10, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; St. John the Evangelist, Frederick

So just as these widows reflect the light of Christ, so too may we, as individuals and as a church community, reflect ever more brightly, the glory of God shining on the face of Christ, to the glory of God’s Name and for the salvation of souls.

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September 10, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Just as my Mom taught me the value of correction, so too does Mother Church teach us the value and importance of correction – the correction to which each of us, myself included, must submit ourselves, but also the fraternal correction which should be practiced in the Church’s life.

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September 7, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Funeral Homily for Margaret Josephine Lori

We pray that Mom is reunited with Dad and Frankie and her parents and loved ones, but most of all that she beholds her Vindicator face to face in the halls of heaven.

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August 30, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time

The work of formation is ongoing and demanding, yet it is always an adventure of grace.

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August 28, 2023

Archbishop William E. Lori on 60th anniversary of March on Washington

The peaceful and compassionate society Dr. King envisioned requires God’s grace and our firm commitment to teach, learn and practice nonviolent action for social change.

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August 26, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Indeed, the pastor’s first duty is to enable his people, individually and collectively, to listen to and encounter Jesus Christ so as to experience the power of his love, and the beauty of his goodness and truth, and to be molded by him into disciples, indeed a community of disciples who are “a light brightly...

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August 24, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Convocation of Catholic Schools

My prayer is that you will encounter many Nathanael’s in the year ahead – moms and dads and children without guile, who will truly be open to the wisdom, both divine and human, you will offer them in the amazingly beautiful and effective ministry we call Catholic education.

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August 22, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of the Queenship of Mary

Mary Our Queen, pray for us! Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us! Blessed Stanley Rother, pray for us!

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August 5, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of the Dedication of St. Mary Major

World Youth Day is an extraordinary event. You are encountering Christ, not alone, but alone with millions of young people.

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August 3, 2023

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Knights of Columbus Memorial Mass

As we offer this gift of love, let us pray that our beloved dead will be found worthy to enter, not a temple made by human hands, but the heavenly temple, where Christ shines as the sun and where everyone and everything is seen in its truest form.

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July 29, 2023