PAUL HAFFNER’s Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary: Celebrating with our Lady every day of the year provides a “Marian Calendar” of daily read­ings to mark the centenary of the Fatima apparitions. From Mother of God (Theotokos), 1 January, on, the titles relate to the Roman calendar, the rosary, the litany of the BVM, or a local cult somewhere (Gracewing, £20; 978-0-852-44896-0). The author is a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

The bestselling US Presbyt­erian writer Timothy Keller, in The Way of Wisdom: A year of daily devotions in the Book of Proverbs (Hodder & Stoughton, £12.99 (£11.70); 978-1-473-64755-8), gives a text, sermonette, and prayer for every day, prefaced by an introduc­tion to Proverbs and its themes.