From the Archbishop

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Saturday of the 3rd Week of Lent

We should be even more excited about the great reversal in today’s Gospel: Jesus’ parable about the Pharisee and the tax collector who went to pray in the temple.
Read More
archbishop Lori

Synod Interim Stage Invitation

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

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 2nd Sunday of Lent

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

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 100th Anniversary of KoC Council #2521

I am delighted to be with on this festive occasion, the 100th anniversary of Knights of Columbus Council #2521, named in honor of James Cardinal Gibbons, the 8th Archbishop of Baltimore who served from 1877 until his death in 1921.
Read More

Seek the City to Come update and Invitation to Prayer

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

Archbishop Lori asks for prayers for victims of accident near Shrine of Little Flower

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

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Tuesday, 2nd Week of Lent

It is a pleasure to be with you this afternoon as we celebrate Holy Mass. I suppose I was invited to serve as principal celebrant because I serve as Vice-President of the Conference but also because there are a lot of miles on my episcopal odometer.
Read More

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Rite of Election

What is it that has brought us together this afternoon, crowded as we are into this great cathedral? We come from different parishes, speak different languages, hail from various countries, represent differing cultures, engage in different occupations, find ourselves in many different situations. What is it that has brought us together? What do we share...
Read More

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: First Sunday of Lent

It is a pleasure to return to St. Michael Parish here in Overlea and to thank Father Hector for his dedicated, energetic, and faithful leadership of St. Michael’s Parish as well as St. Clement Mary Hoffbauer, and Annunciation. Let’s express our deepest thanks to your pastor, Father Hector!
Read More

Lenten season message from Archbishop Lori

Having fallen in love with God, we want to share that love. Faith leads us to action. We see this expressed in our commitment to almsgiving, not only by financial generosity but our direct service that we give lovingly to others with no prospect or expectation of repayment.
Read More

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Ash Wednesday 2024

Lent is just beginning, and now is as good a time as any to make a plan for Lent. Because, in this moment, in this Mass we’re celebrating here and now, the Lord is calling us to repent and believe in the Gospel.
Read More

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day of the Sick

After Jesus cured the leper, he instructed him to show himself to the priests, who, in turn, would offer a lamb as a sacrifice of thanksgiving for his healing.
Read More
1 2 3 4 5 67