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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Pentecost Sunday

So let us rejoice and be glad. For there burns within the Church a fire of love that does not go out. There blows in the Church a breeze that never fails to cool the heat, a spring of living water that does not dry up. We have only to open our hearts to the...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Diaconate Ordination

Dear brothers, so soon to be ordained: In St. Matthew, St. Paul, and Pope Francis you have found a path for approaching the mystery about to be enacted in the depths of your spirit. You, as all of us in ordained ministry, must rely on the mercy of God.
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Archbishop Lori on Seek the City

In the days to come, I invite you to keep your eyes fixed on the Lord and on the mission that he has entrusted to us all. Let us come together as a family of faith, “striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace” (Eph 4:3).
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Dedication of Resurrection Church

I joyfully congratulate you on this day of re-dedication and consecration, and as we await the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday, I join you in prayer, in this our upper room, for a fresh outpouring of the Spirit, such that Resurrection Parish will radiate far and wide the glory of God shining...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 6th Sunday of Easter

If we are to have a future, it must be a future of love. The world’s anger passes away into oblivion, but Christ’s love is eternal. Only love is credible. Only love drives the Church’s mission forward.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 6th Sunday of Easter, Knights of Columbus

Today’s Scriptures turn the phrase, ‘to give as good as you get’, on its head. They inspire us not only to transform the meaning of that phrase, but they also reveal why and how our lives should be different, radically different, from the world around us.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 5th Sunday of Easter, St. Joseph Eldersburg

By listening to the Word of God, by sharing in Jesus sacrifice on the Cross, and by receiving his Body and Blood under the form of bread and wine, you are being joined to Christ as closely as branches are joined to the vine.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 5th Sunday of Easter (Confirmation)

In today’s Gospel, Jesus shows us a better way to be connected. . . connected not just culturally, morally, legally, or electronically – but connected in love.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 5th Sunday of Easter

By willing it, we “give God permission” to unite us to himself and one another by means of his abundant graces flowing from him to us through the Church. In a word, you and I have to decide how, when, and where we will allow the Lord to take us to himself and make us...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Knights of Columbus Chaplains from Poland Visit

Above all else let us take this opportunity to think back and to express our gratitude to God for having called us to share in his priesthood, for inviting us to give our lives at the service of announcing the Good News of Salvation, and beg him for the grace to continue to live out...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Project Rachel Conference

The work is so very important. The ministry is so very challenging. The needs are many. But as you leave here take heart: This is God’s work. It will endure. God can take the love and goodness you offer to those who need his healing and multiply that in abundance –such that many may once...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 3rd Sunday of Easter

If we have been mentored by others, let us in turn mentor others in the faith, not only by what we say but by the way we think, decide, and live, by our love for others, especially the poor, and by our readiness to give an account of our hope – with respect, gentleness, and...
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