To Know the Love of Christ by Martin Hogan (Messenger Publications, £12.99). These weekday reflections for the liturgical year 2016-2017 provide a useful supplement to daily Mass-goers and others. As the author, a diocesan priest in Dublin, explains, his reflections are meant to be a way of both listening to the particular Gospel text of the day and understanding how it continues to speak to the Church and to our world. The book will also encourage the celebrant at Mass to offer his own brief thoughts on the Gospel reading. Hogan’s work is intended for ordinary Catholics.