 The Defending the Faith Conference is the premier apologetics conference in the country, perhaps even in the world, and it draws together experts in the area of apologetics every summer for the weekend that we do the conference. And it also draws many people from around the world who are interested in learning how to do apologetics. It is a conference that seeks to honor God, glorify Him through honoring the truth and the truth given to us through the Catholic Church. To learn about Christ is not simply a theoretical experience. It's not just something of the mind. It has to be the heart. This is a perfect opportunity for people to not only come face-to-face with the truths of the faith as they're articulated in Scripture in an apostolic tradition and mediated through the conference talks, but also they're doing so within the context of meeting God face-to-face in this encounter at mass, at adoration, and in the prayerful reality of God's people gathered together here in the conference. So it's very interesting how many different levels people are meeting the truth on, not just in the written word, not just in the talks, but also in all these other ways. My coming here is not about me, but it's about Him who like a gentle breeze discloses Himself to me and His plan for Him to be known, for Him to be loved deeper. The faith is not going to grow simply by reading more books or someone. It has to be a faith that hits the soul. The knowledge that hits the soul of someone who's alive, who wants to grow and come to know Christ more ardently. It's just such a wonderful opportunity for the fellowship, for the talks, for learning, and for letting God work in your life in a way that maybe He's just waiting for you to attend a conference to be able to do. The Kingdom of God is worth leaving everything for, and that Kingdom is expressed and it subsists in the Catholic Church today. Know that, love that, pursue that, learn that.