I pray that this is a fruitful experience for those who are there, of course. But I have to imagine that an event like this can have a profound impact far beyond the event itself.

Salvation has never been about one’s worthiness, but about one’s willingness.

Sometimes the words we rattle off without thinking are precisely the place to pause and reflect.

The frog could have crossed the road at any time, but it just happened to leap when we were in that particular spot.

If we find ourselves burdened by the worries of the world or the fears of tomorrow, we need to remember that our spirituality calls us to gratitude in the present moment.

The most substantial and life changing things scheduled to take place at the National Eucharistic Congress are available to almost every Catholic right where they are. They always have been and they always will be.

While the church expects confessions to be heard in a designated confessional under ordinary circumstances, there are times when it would be permissible to celebrate the sacrament someplace else.

I think this moment offers us a bold challenge — calling on us to examine how we live, how we talk, how we engage on social media.

The testimony of two of the brightest young stars in Baltimore sports today can be inspiration for how all of us can be an MVP in our lives of living the Catholic faith. For that, I alter the acronym to stand for “Meaning, Value and Purpose”: MVP in our relationship with God and one another.

The anniversary of the 1924 Immigration Act should be commemorated as a blot on our immigration history, not a milestone to be observed.