From the Archbishop

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time; Resurrection Parish, Laurel

It is part of our faith that when this earthly life is over, each of us will stand before the Lord Jesus who knows us better than we know ourselves.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Opening Mass at St. Mary’s Seminary, Roland Park

St. Augustine is our guide in the ways of pastoral charity. Learned though he was, skilled in rhetoric though he was, Augustine knew how to bring the faith home to ordinary people, as we so often see in his many sermons scattered throughout the Liturgy of the Hours.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Mary teaches us the way of faith, prayer, and repentance as the path to victory. And more than that, Mary intercedes for us, powerfully, as the first of all the saints, as the source of so many graces for each of us and for the Church in difficult times.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Knights of Columbus Memorial Mass

We are truly blessed as members of the family of the Knights of Columbus to be united in Christ with one another and with those who have gone before us
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Archbishop Lori’s Address to 137th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus

As the largest fraternal order in the world and the largest lay Catholic organization, we can have a lot of influence on our society, on the culture at large, on our politicians, and on those who write and speak divisively.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Memorial Mass; Knights of Columbus 137th Supreme Convention

As we invoke the saints and remember our beloved dead, today’s Scripture readings shed light on what we are about. At the heart of our unity with one another and with our beloved dead is Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord who broke down the barriers of sin that impede our union with God and one...
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Archbishop Lori’s Opening Prayer: Knights of Columbus 137th Supreme Convention; Minneapolis, MN

Father of all nations, protect our homelands and their leaders, sustain those whom we seek to serve in Christ, especially the poorest and most vulnerable.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Knights of Columbus Chaplains’ Mass

As shepherds, our principal concern is the mission of the Knights of Columbus to help our fellow knights and their families and loved ones grow in faith and holiness.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis

A life of charity and service towards others is in an indispensable way to reorient our lives toward Christ our Redeemer, and, to invest not merely in earthly security but above all in our heavenly security.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Friday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time; Knights of Columbus Board

By entering into the liturgical year thoughtfully and prayerfully, we are saved from presumption and complacency, twin dangers to holiness and eternal salvation. 
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Opening of the 150th Anniversary Year, St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

When our hearts are full of gratitude to God for his mercy and goodness toward us, we will find ourselves praying differently – more thoughtfully, more discerningly.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Holy Family Parish

Indeed, loving God and neighbor truly becomes possible when, as Mother Teresa once said, we “give God permission” – that is to say – when we allow God to enter our busy and distracted lives so as to love us and to heal us. 
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