It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.

Living by example - that's always a better teacher than trying to preach.

Remember that you have been saved in order to serve, and you are on earth for the sole purpose of making God's love known to others.

To ACCEND  (ACCE'ND)   v.a.[accendo, Lat.]To kindle, to set on fire; a word very rarely used. Our devotion, if sufficiently accended, would, as theirs, burn up innumerable books of this sort.Decay of Piety.

And the faces of them, which have used abstinence, shall shine above the stars; whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness.Bible2 Esdras,vii. 55.

Nevertheless, secularity, like any good thing, can be overdone. In our zeal to laicize our piety, we shouldn't leave people guessing whether we're Christians. That would be every bit as unnatural as wearing a monk's habit over one's work clothes. Our secularity should never lapse into secularism.

Take time to make a difference. Don't just obsess about how you can make your life better. Think about how you can make somebody else's life better as well.

Like Mary, may we nurture the light born within us at Christmas. May we carry it everywhere in our daily lives.

Faith that is not evidenced by a life of integrity is not biblical faith at all.

The goal of 'The Purpose Driven Life' is to help people develop a heart for the world.

If you live life with the intention of making a difference in others' lives, your life will be full not empty.

A saint is someone whose life makes it easier to believe in God.