The answer to crime is not in crime bills. If there is an answer, it is in families and religious congregations and communities. It is in people caring for one another, and especially for their children. Throughout our lives, many of us worry about career choices, about how we are spending our time and our energy. Being a good parent is the most important vocation of all.
Charity begins at home.
It begins with caring for spouses and children and people close to us. It is not a new message. You learned it throughout your college experience. You learned much more than course work. You learned goodness not by exhortation, but by example.