I cannot tell you exactly why I am getting emotional, except to say that maybe I am sorely in the mood for something simple and nonaffected and happy and endearing and guileless. (Maybe everyone is?)

As a national preacher for the National Eucharistic Revival, I've preached in sunbelt parishes, humble rural churches and suburban auditoriums. All of them have been filled with God's grace.

While theatrical and beautiful, I have come to understand that the Mass is not a show. It is a miracle.

It has come to my attention, after careful research, that my husband and I might be exhibiting all the signs of a condition we’ll call Long Marriage. Maybe you have it, too.

If we saw up close the brutal toll of our wars, we would be less likely to fight them.

We can participate in the Eucharistic revival by growing in knowledge and devotion to this most important sacramental liturgy.