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January 31, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Friday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time; MAC Bishops’ Workshop

Throughout this day we will be focusing on communications, especially on how to communicate well and wisely in times like these when something of a cloud hangs over the Church, when mistrust seems to be the order of the day, and especially when there is really bad news to share with our people and with...
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January 26, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Sunday of the Word of God

What is especially beautiful about the Scriptures is that God is speaking through our human language, through our many cultures – so that he might reach us now – as a Church and as individual members of the Church. 
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January 19, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time; “Life Is Beautiful” Mass

No one is a mere statistic. No one is a mere condition. Every human life has worth and beauty in God’s eyes, and if that is so, every human life must have worth and beauty in our eyes. 
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January 18, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Vocations Discernment Retreat; St. Mary’s Seminary and University

When the Lord calls, he also gives us the grace to answer the call. And even when the Lord asks things of us that seem to be above and beyond, rest assured that the Lord will unfold his plan for your life a step at a time, as I have discovered to my astonishment and...
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January 15, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Remarks: Faith in Baltimore

I firmly believe that the quiet faith that inspires so many large and small good works in our City has been – and will be – the ultimate saving grace that brings us forward.  May each of us keep alive that Faith in Baltimore throughout 2020, and for many generations to come. 
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January 15, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Blessing of St. Vincent Catholic Charities Chapel

In blessing this chapel and in dedicating this wonderfully renovated building, we are, in effect, asking anew for God’s blessing on the work of Catholic Charities, both here and throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 12, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Baptism of the Lord; Mom’s 100th Birthday, Parents’ 73rd Wedding Anniversary

The Sacrament of Baptism opens the door to God’s life and love. In fact, Baptism is like a re-birth because by it we share in a whole new life, not just our earthly life, but as members of the Church, we share God’s life.
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January 5, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Solemnity of the Epiphany

Dear friends, when we, like the Magi, see the light of Christ shining in our midst, then our light will shine even more brightly – and each us and each of our parishes will indeed become ‘a light brightly visible’ – a light shining with the truth and love of Christ, shining with the attractiveness...
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January 4, 2020

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

This great saint teaches us how to live every vocation in the Church with love, how to be led by the Spirit toward the fullness of Christ’s truth and love, and how to express the ‘love of God poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit’ in works of love and service for others, especially...
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December 29, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

The home should be a place of love and security and peace, where parents and their children pray together, learn the faith together, and grow in knowledge and love of God, and indeed develop a personal relationship with Jesus.
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December 25, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Christmas 2019

On this feast of Christmas, and in the year ahead, we should ask our newborn Savior, ‘the light of the world,’ who ‘enlightens everyone coming into the world’ (Jn. 8:12;1:9 ), to bring the eyes of our soul clearly into focus, indeed, 20/20 focus.
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December 24, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s 2019 Christmas Message

As we gather with our family and friends this Christmas season to celebrate the blessed birth of our Savior, let us be mindful of our privilege as Christians to care for the poor, the downtrodden and all those subjected to isolation and neglect. 
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