Archbishop Lori Homily

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Monday, 3rd Week of Advent; Seminarians’ Advent/Christmas Gathering

This is also why we should make use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation in Advent, remembering as we do so, that the Lord exercises his dominion of our weakness not as the world exercises power but rather as a gentle shepherd, the one whose love is stronger than sin and more powerful than death. 
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete); Installation of Fr. T. Austin Murphy

But in calling us to rejoice St. Paul doesn’t imagine that we live in a trouble-free world. No, the joy to which he calls us is deeper, more beautiful, and more enduring than the momentary joy of pleasure or success or even the avoidance of suffering.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebration [Español]

Queridos hermanos y hermanas de la comunidad de Cristo Rey y feligreses de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore, Es un privilegio para mi poder acompañarles hoy en esta celebración a la morenita, la dulce Virgen de Guadalupe, esa madre que nos acoge siempre en su Santo manto, en su tilma.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebration [English]

Now more than ever, I invite you to make room in our hearts to receive those who are overwhelmed, desperate, and helpless.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 2nd Sunday of Advent; Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish

Father Michael was a dedicated and hard-working priest with a good heart. Perhaps more than any of us really knew, he gave of himself to this parish family wholeheartedly.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Mass at the Tomb of Saint Peter; 2019 Ad Limina Visit

In these days when we feel buffeted by challenges on every side, in these days when many say that the bottom is dropping out of the Church, our heart should rejoice and our spine should be stiffened as in this place we hear anew the solemn promise of Jesus that the forces of sin and...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe; Knights of Columbus Mid-Year Meeting

Today’s Solemnity, Christ the King of the Universe, is an immense feast, a feast that humbles any homilist who imagines he can master it.
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Archbishop Lori’s Address: “Reading Signs of the Times”; Knights of Columbus Mid-Year Meeting

As you know, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World was one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council. Although it was issued more than fifty years ago, it continues to be studied and quoted, not only by scholars and historians, but also by Catholic journalists, homilists, and now, by...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Mass for Deceased Priests

This evening we remember our brother priests who died in the year just ending, even as we remember in love all our brother priests who have gone home to the Lord in the long, two-hundred and thirty year history of our local Church.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Installation of Father Michael Foppiano

Once again, let me say how happy I am to return to St. Mark Parish and to celebrate with you the installation of Father Foppiano as your pastor. He brings to his service among you a priestly heart and a proven track record of generous and effective pastoral service.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: St. Albert the Great; St. John Paul II Seminary

I can't think of a better saint to celebrate with students of the liberal arts and philosophy than Saint Albert the Great. Nor could a daily lectionary reading be more appropriate than today’s selection from the Book of Wisdom. 
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Archdiocese of Baltimore Red Mass; St. Joseph, Cockeysville

Every year, when we gather for this Red Mass, we honor an outstanding member of the legal profession, someone who has earned the esteem of colleagues and the wider community, and tonight is no exception...
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