Archbishop Lori Homily

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Mount St. Mary’s Seminary Opening Mass

This is not a mere public relations crisis. It represents a tsunami of moral failures – grave acts of commission and omission – that have justifiably bewildered and angered God’s people and undercut the Church’s evangelizing mission.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Solemnity of the Assumption

We celebrate Mary’s triumph in a moment that feels rather like the Church’s nadir. Mary, who witnessed the betrayal of her son and the cowardice of his disciples, knows, better than we do, what we are going through, why we feel as we do, and she is close to us with an amazingly tender maternal love . ....
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Archbishop Lori’s concluding remarks at the 136th Knights of Columbus Convention

As you’d imagine, there are various proposals on how to move forward. Whatever takes shape, I think it will be important that it is rooted in deep repentance on the part of bishops, that it entails openness and honesty, that it involves the laity, and that is more than a matter of new policies and...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Opening Mass of the 136th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus

In serving the vulnerable and the poor, we practice “a charity that evangelizes,” a charity that, in spite of obstacles, opens minds and hearts to Christ and the Gospel.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord

If, in the frailness of our humanity we would participate in Christ’s glory, then let us be good servants of a holy solidarity in the Church of God, even in these days when charity, unity and fraternity can seem out of reach.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Knights of Columbus Pre-Convention Mass

But we learn from Father McGivney and from Monsignor Art that the greatest thing we can have in our lives is true intimacy with Jesus, eucharistic intimacy with Jesus, a true spiritual closeness in which our souls are not only nourished, but in which they become capable of loving God and others even more than...
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Accountability for all a must

We must make clear that we will not tolerate criminal and evil behavior, regardless of the rank and standing of the accused.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 125th anniversary of St. Benedict Parish

The presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is also the glue that holds the Church together. That includes the parish, the archdiocese and the Church universal.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Mass of First Profession for Sister Angela Marie Clare Conti

None of us is there yet but all of us count on those in consecrated life to lead the way, to unveil for us now what we shall later become, if only we cling to the hope that is ours in Christ Jesus.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Quo Vadis Mass

If we really believe that the Lord loves us more than anyone else, if we really trust in the Lord’s love for us and believe in his love with all our hearts, then we will be ready to do whatever he might ask of us.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of St. Josemaria Escrivá

"(W)hen we use our network of our personal influence not for ourselves but for the Lord and for that which is true and good, we will always draw many, more than we know, to open their hearts to Christ.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Priesthood Ordination

Today you are pledging your readiness and your resolve to unite with me and them in accomplishing the mission that the Lord has given to this local Church, spreading the Gospel far and wide, making disciples in the power of the Holy Spirit, recognizing and utilizing the gifts that the Spirit distributes among the people...
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