What Fr. Jenkins Should Have Said

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Class of 2009, distinguished guests,

We are honored today with the presence of the President of the United States, who joins us at the beginning of his term of office, during which he shall make choices on which the life and welfare of our republic, the health and safety of untold millions of our fellows here at home and abroad, shall directly depend. He needs our constant prayers, and, on this day, at this hour, he has our attention: ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States of America...