If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means they are being purified.

Have I allowed my personal human life to become a 'Bethlehem' for the Son of God?

Begin to know Him now, and finish never

Having the reality of God's presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually.

Our Lord insists on the social aspect of our lives: He shows very distinctly that we cannot further ourselves alone.

God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake.

It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer