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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 2nd Sunday of Advent, Church Blessing at St. Joseph-on-Carrolton Manor
December 8, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
The newly renovated church is a metaphor of our Advent journey. Like our reading from Isaiah, it is a link to times past, indeed, to the original church built on land that once belonged to Charles Carroll.
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Archbishop Lori: Admission to Candidacy, Permanent Diaconate
December 8, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
May you enter into candidacy with hearts filled with expectant hope and jubilant praise, for the Lord who comes into our midst every day of our lives ready to accomplish in us and through us more than we could ever ask or imagine.
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Archbishop Lori: Institution of Acolytes, Permanent Diaconate
December 8, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
In taking this step towards the diaconate, you seek to answer Jesus’ prayer for laborers for the harvest. An acolyte, “akalouthos”, is a follower of Jesus Christ, a disciple, and a co-worker with him in the vineyard.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Catholic Business Network of Baltimore, First Thursday of Advent
December 8, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
When we are doers, not talkers, when we build on solid rock, we experience over time a growth in intimacy with the Lord, a greater sense of communion with his Church, and a greater affinity with the poor with whom Jesus identifies.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 1st Sunday of Advent 2025
December 2, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
On the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of a new liturgical year, the Church offers us a vision of life in Christ that frees us to embrace the future – not merely the near future, but the absolute future, that future we were created for and that we long for.
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“We are called to be a light brightly visible, not to proclaim ourselves but to proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord.”
– Archbishop William E. Lori

Archbishop William E. Lori offers his homily during the opening Mass of the 136th Supreme Convention of the Knight of Columbus at the Baltimore Convention Center August 7. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

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