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February 10, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day of the Sick

Even when it seems futile, even in times of crisis, disbelief, and persecution, the Church must obey the Lord’s command to put out into the deep, that is to say, to preach the Gospel, to seek souls for Christ.

Archbishop William E. LoriArchbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

February 7, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Talk: “Interior and Exterior Freedom”; St. Thomas More University

Over time, I have come to see how easily discussions of religious freedom can start off on the wrong foot. We often wade into controversies over specific threats to religious freedom without sufficiently reflecting on what freedom itself is and on how the exercise of our freedoms are to engage and influence the culture in...

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February 3, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Knights of Columbus Board Meeting

Presuming there is good soil in our hearts and that we are tending it, the seed of faith planted there in Baptism grows slowly, according to the design of God’s grace and mercy, and sometimes, without our realizing it.

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February 2, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Solemnity of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple; Knights of Columbus Board Meeting

Could there be anything more engaging than the drama that unfolds before our eyes of faith on this, the feast of the Lord’s Presentation in the Temple? This scene was not created by a playwright or a producer but rather by the One “for whom and through whom all things were made.”

Archbishop William E. LoriArchbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

February 1, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Friday, 3rd Week in Ordinary Time; Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart

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January 31, 2019

A month of purification

May februum, the month of February, be the beginning of that deep purification that will renew and beautify the temple of the church.

Archbishop William E. LoriCharity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop

January 27, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Our Lady of Grace

Believe it or not, dear friends, you and I are also called to be “a walking sermon”. Or, as the Second Vatican Council put it, we are to be “traveling messengers of Christ.” Now, the Council’s words, “travelling messengers of Christ”, were not directed only to members of the clergy, or to our heroic missionaries...

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January 20, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time; St. Jude Shrine

When we mediate on this beautiful passage in the Gospel, we can only marvel at how much God loves us. For at this very moment we find ourselves, not at the wedding feast of Cana but at Mass in which we celebrate anew the marriage covenant between God and his People, the Church, of which we...

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January 19, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Vocations Discernment Retreat; St. Mary’s Roland Park

To say the least, Jesus’ choice of a tax collector was controversial. The religious experts of the day made it clear that Jesus had chosen a sinner, and more than that, had come to the house of a sinner for dinner where he shared the company of other sinners. Challenged by the Pharisees, Jesus simply...

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January 13, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Vespers, Baptism of the Lord, Priestly Renewal

Whether we like it or not, we are undergoing a baptism of fire. These days the Church and its leadership are under intense scrutiny and even if some of the initial anger of our parishioners has cooled, you and I know that it smolders just beneath the surface.

Archbishop William E. LoriArchbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

January 13, 2019

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Baptism of the Lord, “Life is Beautiful” Mass

This is why Jesus was plunged into the waters of the Jordan: not because he needed to be saved from sin but rather to save us from our sins; to redeem us from the disfigurement that sin inflicts upon our souls; and to clothe our humanity with the glorious mantle of immorality and divine life.

Archbishop William E. LoriArchbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

December 25, 2018

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Christmas 2018

Even in the most difficult and depressing situations, the light of Christ will shine in us and through us onto the darkness. Then we will become a light to others and a light to our world.

Archbishop William E. LoriArchbishop Lori Homily, From the Archbishop

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