That Pope Francis has a strong Marian devotion became immediately clear after his election. Now that the liturgical Marian month (May) has begun, the Pope has further expressed his devotion.

God’s infinite love, revealed in Jesus Christ, became human to break down the wall of separation between divine and human, between human and human and between “me and myself.”

If we struggle in cultivating ordinary conversation, how can we possibly broach difficult faith discussions, which tend to be wrought with deeply held convictions, some of which are antagonistic to Christian faith?

There is reciprocal relationship between conflict and character. Each is necessary in defining and refining a leader.

In the poem below, Amy Carmichael writes about the scars of the cross that mark a true disciple of Christ.

What is common to all such decisions is regeneration, surrender to the lordship of Christ, and never-before-imagined fruitfulness.

Arrange thy affairs, if possible, so that thou canst leisurely devote two or three hours every day, not merely to devotional exercises, but to the very act of secret prayer and communion with God.

I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at them till harvest, as expect a believer to attain much holiness who was not diligent about his Bible-reading, his prayers, and the use of his Sundays

In their rush to get to the temple area in time to purchase a lamb for sacrifice, did the pilgrims preparing for Passover even notice the Lamb that God was sacrificing for their sin?