The Cross of Christ the Measure of the World - Bishop James Conley

Episode 24 Season 1 – “The Cross of Christ the Measure of the World”Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska shares with us his conversion story as a journey with friends and St. John Henry Newman. He sees Newman’s sacramental imagination (an efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us) as pointing to something beyond ourselves as an imprint of our Creator. It is the through efficacious signs, like the Cross of Christ, that everything makes sense as the Divine life is dispensed to us. By understanding what the Cross means for us we come to understand everything in the here and now. Newman helps us realize that Christ’s most powerful moment was when he died on the Cross. When we find our meaning in the Cross - we die to ourselves, and Christ becomes alive in us. The Cross enables the ability to engage the heart. It is the heart that moves us to act. Next to supernatural Grace, the greatest force on earth is the example of virtue in another person. “Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us. Many a man will live and die upon a dogma; no man will be a martyr for a conclusion”. To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.