The following excerpt from O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle recalls Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass in 1916… Christmas itself Fr. Doyle …
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December 24, 2010
Reading over my reflections and resolutions on the Third Degree during the Long Retreat, I see now they are little more than …
December 22, 2010
There is no rule for vocations, no age-limit for the Call. Innocence attracts the gaze of God, deep-rooted habits of sin, …
December 20, 2010
Soldiers cooking Christmas dinner at the front Fr Doyle wrote the following letter to his sister from the trenches on 19th December …
December 19, 2010
St Laurence, who joked "Turn me over, I'm done on this side" while being burned as a martyr Avoid worry, anxiety, …
December 16, 2010
You must trust entirely in our Lord. He alone can help you. Give God His time. Be generous with Him and He …
December 5, 2010
Death of St Francis Xavier Xavier’s hour has come, the hour of his eternal reward and never-ending bliss. In a little hut, …
December 3, 2010
A rare sighting of a bottlenose dolphin breaching at Killiney Bay in front of a snow-covered Dalkey Island, near Fr Doyle's family …
December 2, 2010
Today is the feast of All of the Franciscan saints During the winter I have done a penance which I shrink …
November 29, 2010
Do not try to run till you can walk well. Draw up a list of certain little sacrifices which you feel God …
November 27, 2010