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The Father Willie Doyle Association

Father Willie Doyle Association

Official site for the canonisation cause of the Servant of God Fr Willie Doyle SJ

Gospel

Posts dealing with Gospel themes

A fierce temptation during Mass and thanksgiving to break my resolution and indulge my appetite at breakfast…Jesus urged me to pray for …

February 22, 2026

I contrast the obedience of St. Joseph with my obedience. His so prompt, unquestioning, uncomplaining, perfect; mine given so grudgingly; perhaps exterior …

January 6, 2026

Try to get down low and follow out what He Himself taught: “Unless you become as little children.” This will make you …

December 27, 2025

What impressed me most in the meditation on the Nativity was the thought that Jesus could have been born in wealth and …

December 25, 2025

What must have been Mary’s thoughts when first she felt the infant child within her womb, and realised that from her pure …

December 4, 2025

We can never sufficiently thank Him for so completely showing us in the Garden that He was a man by praying to …

November 19, 2025

Fr Doyle wrote the following notes on the “hidden life” of Jesus as a young boy and man in Nazareth. These reflections …

October 22, 2025

As part of the Second week, St Ignatius recommends a meditation on the early life of Christ. Here are his points for …

October 21, 2025

We must love God with our whole heart. Can He be loved otherwise? Is it too much that a finite heart should …

September 21, 2025

Peter, the favoured one, denies his Master and turns his back on Him who loved him so; and Peter’s heart is won, …

June 29, 2025