From the Archbishop

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Votive Mass for the Progress of Peoples

It is a pleasure to welcome all of you to this historic church, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (a catchy title to be sure), or as it is more commonly called, “The Baltimore Basilica” or “America’s First Cathedral.” Allow me a word about this unique place...
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Funeral Homily for Fr. Henry Kunkel

We will miss our good and faithful priest. He made an indelible imprint on our lives. Father Henry, we thank you with all our hearts. May you rest in the peace of Christ.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time; 150th Anniversary of St. Wenceslaus Parish

As we commemorate these great saints, let us unite as a community of faith in asking for the grace to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus who indeed gives light to our eyes.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Filipino Festival

As we commemorate these great saints, let us unite as a community of faith in asking for the grace to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus who indeed gives light to our eyes.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Admission to Candidacy

“Getting there” is a life-long process but now with fixed points along the way: lector, acolyte, and God willing, diaconal ordination – and your ongoing formation as deacons, a formation that ceases only when you enter into heavenly glory.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The choice before us, then, is between God and mammon. The prudent choice is God. The imprudent choice is fleeting wealth.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Opening Mass for a Symposium on St. Teresa of Calcutta;

On this anniversary of Inspiration Day, let us ask St. Teresa of Calcutta to smile upon us, to deepen our life of prayer, to confirm our resolution to serve Jesus in the poorest of the poor, and to practice a charity that bears witness to the Gospel and unifies the Church.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

It is a real pleasure to be with you here at Archbishop Spalding High School and to install your new president, Brian Kohler.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time; National Conference of Vocations Directors

The Beatitudes are not rigid moral rules cloaked in kinder, gentler language. Rather, they are above all a portrait of Christ whose coming into the world ushered in the Kingdom of God with reversed views and values, very different from the world all around us.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Tuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time; National Conference of Vocations Directors

I am delighted that you came here to Baltimore to discern how best to carry forward your ministry, so important for the life of the Church, and pray your deliberations, emboldened by trust in God’s providential love, will bear fruit in abundance for the Church in the United States and for the dioceses which each...
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