Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 3rd Sunday of Advent

For, amid all the bustle, Gaudete Sunday tells us why and how to rejoice at Christmas. In doing so, the Church doesn’t roll out Santa Claus, it doesn’t tout expensive gifts, and it doesn’t enlist the help of glamorous celebrities to get the message across.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: The Ordination of Robert Katafiasz

Robert, let us regard this joyous day of priestly ordination not as the evening of your life but rather the dawn of a life of priestly service. The reason you requested that this particular Gospel be read at your ordination was precisely because your desire to tend the Lord’s flock, the People of God, to nourish them...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: II Domingo de Adviento y Celebración Guadalupana, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús

Mis queridos hermanos, celebramos hoy el segundo domingo de Adviento. Nos preparamos con alegría para el nacimiento del Salvador. 
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Wednesday 1st Week of Advent; Order of Malta Evening of Recollection

In the season of Advent, we await the coming of the Lord – at Christmas to be sure but also at the end of time. Let us not miss the fact that the Lord comes to us daily in his Word and in the Eucharist and in those who need our love.
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Time and presence

Pope Francis often tells us to accompany one another on the bumpy road of life. He means that we need to focus, not on ourselves, but on the other. This is what the gift of presence means.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Advent Evening of Reflection; Baltimore Area, Order of Malta, Federal Association

In the end, what give us such invincible hope? They placed the lifeless body of the Savior in a darkened tomb. Even there the light shone in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it. Such a light will cast its saving light even in the most desperate situations created by fallibility, stupidity, and...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 1st Sunday of Advent; Bethlehem University

And if the flame of faith burns brightly in our hearts, then we shall not fear the Lord’s coming but rather watch for it. And we shall not only love the Lord but also long for him. And we shall not only obey the Lord but indeed seek to become like him – the One...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Confirmation at St. Louis, Clarksville – Session I

Confirmation puts you in touch permanently with the Holy Spirit – who deepens your relationship with Christ and his Church, who daily helps you develop the virtues, teamwork, and generosity necessary to fight the good fight, to run the race, and to finish the course brilliantly.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Archdiocesan Staff Retreat Day

We gather like this every year and it is good to do so, but this, my friends, is no ordinary time.The abuse crisis is a pervasive and unhappy fact in the life of the Church, a calamity that affects your outlook and attitudes, no matter what division you work in, no matter what ministry you...
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A message from Archbishop Lori

Each and every day there is abundant evidence of the lively and active faith that sustains us and enables us to see a path through this crisis, asserting Christ’s Gospel of unconditional love, forgiveness, healing and constant care for those most vulnerable in our midst
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Confirmation at St. Louis, Clarksville, Session II

Whether you’re in the 1st quarter of life or the 4th or somewhere in-between, stay close to the Lord who loves you in the Holy Spirit who enables you to be an active and loving member of his Church.
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Archbishop Lori outlines path toward reform and renewal in the Catholic Church

We cannot allow the shame of the devastating failings we now confront to cause us to pause or in any way delay the essential work of the church — sharing God’s love, forgiveness and healing as we work also to promote common understanding, acceptance and mutual respect in a troubled world.
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