My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake. Darling Mother Mary, in preparation for the glorious martyrdom which I feel assured thou art going to obtain for me, I, thy most unworthy child, on ...
Today, the anniversary of Fr Doyle’s heroic death, we shall consider the role of serenity and peace in Fr Doyle’s life. One of the remarkable things about Fr Doyle was ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has the following to say about the fruits of the Holy Spirit: 1832 The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in ...
The feast of the Assumption was an important date for Fr Willie. He made his religious vows on this day in 1893, and always felt that that Our Lady obtained ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has the following to say about the virtue of temperance. 1809 Temperance is the moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides ...
I have told you all my escapes, dearest Father, because I think what I have written will give you the same confidence which I feel, that my old arm chair up ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has the following to say about the virtue of fortitude. 1808 Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has the following to say about the virtue of justice. 1807 Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will ...
Today we will consider the virtue of prudence in the life of Fr Willie. We will take a bit more care in doing so as prudence is not as straightforward ...
Today we have the last of Fr Doyle’s narratives from his letters home to his father in August 1917, less than a week before his death. In this entry in ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has the following to say about the virtue of charity: 1822 Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things ...
Fr Willie, like all of us, had to struggle against his defects. We see an especially vivid example of his struggle in private diary notes written on this day 110 ...
We return today to Fr Willie’s narrative, and get some glimpse of the horror of war, and the comfort that the presence of a priest can bring to the dying. ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has the following to say about the virtue of hope: 1817 Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven ...
Fr Willie does not have a specific record for the events of 9 August 1917, so we will instead have one of his typical sayings, and resume his narrative tomorrow. ...
Continuing our narrative today, it is hard not to be struck by the extraordinary good humour of Fr Willie. The “cathedral” to which he refers was, of course, just another ...
