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Dear Friends in Christ,   As you may know, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops gathered this week in Baltimore for our annual fall assembly. Our intended agenda was to deal with the ongoing sex abuse crisis in our Church. Along with many of my brother bishops, I was surprised and disappointed to learn that the Holy See had instructed the USCCB not to hold binding votes on the proposed “Code of Conduct for Bishops” or the proposal to create a lay commission to investigate claims against bishops. (Read more at the link)

God is real. God is good. God is active in our lives. These statements may seem obvious but looking at the world around us, and the manner in which many people live, I know why he thought they were worth saying out loud. Many acknowledge God’s existence in the abstract, or his involvement in great historical events, without recognizing his presence in their everyday lives.

I try to pray. I try to participate in the Mass. But it always just feels so empty. It’s like I’m just going through the motions and there is nothing there. Is this all there is, or is there something I can do?