Life is too short for a truce. COMMENT: How typical is this pithy statement from Fr Doyle! We are here for a short time and we must love God and our neighbour during this short time. We must do our best to overcome our weakness and sinfulness in the few short years that we have on earth. There is no time for a truce, there is no time to slacken …
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January 22, 2018
Blessed Angelo Paoli For the poor people on Dalkey Hill Willie constituted himself into a Conference of St. Vincent de Paul. He raised funds by saving up his pocket-money, by numberless acts of economy and self-denial; he begged for his poor, he got the cook to make soup, he pleaded for delicacies to carry to the sick. Once he went to the family apothecary and ordered several large bottles of …
January 20, 2018
St Charles of Mount Argus Today is the feast of St Charles of Mount Argus, a Dutch Passionist priest who spent about 30 years of his life in Dublin, dying here in 1893 at the age of 71. He greatly loved by the people of Dublin, primarily because of his humility and simplicity. He was not a great preacher, but he was extremely gentle in the confessional. Like many of those …
January 5, 2018
The greatest thirst of Jesus on the Cross was his thirst for souls. He saw then the graces and inspirations He would give me to save souls for Him. In what way shall I correspond and console my Saviour? The thought has been very much in my mind during this week that Jesus asks from me the sacrifice of all the pleasures of the world — such as summer …
November 6, 2017
Blessed Dominic Collins 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, solemnly commence my life of slow martyrdom by earnest hard work and constant self-denial. With my blood I promise thee to keep this resolution, do thou, sweet Mother, assist me and obtain for me the one favour I wish and long for: …
October 30, 2017
Ireland is currently facing what is described as an “unprecedented” weather event. Hurricane Ophelia is heading straight for Ireland. We often get the “tail end” of hurricanes that make their way across there Atlantic from the east coast of the US, but this one is different. It is apparently the worst hurricane ever recorded in this part of the Atlantic, and is set to be the worst Irish storm in …
October 16, 2017
Fr Doyle featured briefly on the Nationwide programme on RTE 1 in Ireland last night. The programme can be found at this link (the 11 October episode) and the segment featuring Fr Doyle commences at around 11 minutes into the programme: https://www.rte.ie/news/player/nationwide/
October 12, 2017
Blessed Columba Marmion I cannot deny that I love Jesus, love Him passionately, love Him with every fibre of my heart. He knows it, too, since He has asked me to do many things for Him, which have cost me more than I should like to say, yet which with His grace were sweet and easy in a sense. He knows that my longing, at least, even if the strength …
October 3, 2017
Great to see! There was a time when O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle was a best seller and Fr Doyle was truly loved by ordinary Dubliners – they identified with his sacrificial generosity. His image would have been familiar to many. It’s 100 years now since he made the ultimate sacrifice – it’s great to see his picture in a shop window in 2017. Well done Veritas.
August 12, 2017
There was a very large and enthusiastic turnout for the launch of To Raise the Fallen at Hodges Figgis in Dublin this evening. Many thanks to all the staff at Veritas and at Hodges Figgis and particular thanks to Ronan McGreevy for his very fine words about Fr Doyle this evening. Thanks also to all those who attended, and it was especially nice to meet people who read this site …
August 10, 2017