That Jesus’ hour had arrived is made clear by the request of some Greek converts to Judaism to see Jesus. The prophets who preceded Jesus foretold that the hour of salvation would arrive when the Gentiles would also seek to be converted and to worship the living God.Read More

The vows at the heart of religious life and the promises which I have made as a priest – these are not a boast that we are tougher or better than others in the Church, that we can “take it”, that we can lives differently from others.Read More

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called “Laetare Sunday”. “Laetare”, as you know, is a Latin word that means “to rejoice”. With wisdom and love, the Church offers us this Sunday of rejoicing in Lent, to encourage us in our Lenten resolutions to fast, pray, and assist the poor.Read More

On this Laetare Sunday, a Sunday of Rejoicing in the midst of Lent, we have gathered to bless this new daily Mass chapel here at St. Joan of Arc, and to dedicate its focal point, the altar, on which the mysteries of our salvation are re-enacted day after day.Read More

During this stage of the multi-year, worldwide process of prayer and conversation, we will gather as members of our local Church to reflect specifically on the structures that exist within the Church.Read More

Think about anything you might lose in life: your health, your savings, your home, your reputation. Such losses are painful and have lasting consequences. But what is more painful than the loss of a child?Read More

To prepare for the final stages of discernment and decisions in the Seek the City process, we now turn collectively to prayer. To that end, I invite you to join Catholics across the City and beyond in a special Lenten pilgrimage centered on the Eucharist.Read More

This morning, outside of the Shrine of the Little Flower, in Northeast Baltimore, a terrible motor vehicle accident took the lives of three people including a child. News such as this should prompt us to prayer as we think of the terrible grief that is doubtlessly felt by their loved ones and the collective sorrow...Read More