Christ is Risen, Alleluia Alleluia! He is Risen Indeed! Last week on Palm Sunday, we heard the ancient hymn from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians which spoke of the humility of Jesus Christ, who did not see his divinity as something he had to cling to. Because of this freedom and pure love for […]
Merry Christmas! I want to take this moment to express my Christmas prayers and blessings to you and to your families for the Christmas season. I am always struck by the joy that permeates all the corners of society during these blessed weeks. Joy is a direct fruit of the Holy Spirit that helps us […]
By Bishop James D. Conley, Bishop of the Lincoln Diocese Before Christianity came on the scene, ancient Greek and Roman pagans did not consider children to be fully human persons like adults. Indeed, it is not too strong to say that Christianity introduced the concept of children that we have today, one in which we […]
Introduction Our world is experiencing a mental health crisis. Anxiety and depression weigh heavily on the lives of many people – often those people are youth and young adults. There is hope, though. I speak from experience. I have been on my own mental health journey that has taken me to the depths of darkness […]
Dear CMA Members and Friends, Christ is Risen, Alleluia, Alleluia! Today we celebrate the Resurrection of our Savior, the day he conquered death and rose gloriously from the tomb. Descending all the way down to the underworld, Jesus demonstrated his dominion over death and the utter defeat of sin. Our God is a […]
Dear CMA Members and Friends, Today we begin the holy season of Lent, a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The great penitential season of Lent has begun with the aim at drawing us closer to our Eucharistic Lord and helping us remove those obstacles in our lives which keep us from recognizing him with […]
The real pandemic in everyday American life is fear. We try to mask ourselves away from it with a culture of distractions, consumption, and delusions. All of which serve as anesthetics, and none of which works. Fear is the infection at the heart of modern life. It makes us miserly and selfish. It robs us […]
By Bishop James Conley June 24, 2023, marked the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned 49 years of national abortion on demand. The 1973 decision Roe v. Wade seemed practically insurmountable, but after years of prayer, hard work, and an […]