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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

Prayer

Posts dealing with prayer and the interior life in general

  The life of Jesus was a continual prayer. Even during His public life He began, continued and ended everything He …

November 25, 2021

Even as a child I longed and prayed to be a saint. But somehow it always seemed to me as if that …

November 24, 2021

I felt strongly urged to rise and make the Holy Hour every night. In the past twelve months I have gone down to the …

November 22, 2021

You certainly put your finger on the weak spot in most priestly lives – the want of prayer. The connection between prayer …

November 14, 2021

We have been asked seek prayers for Carlos Fidalgo (42), married to Jane and father of two young children Lucia and Oscar. …

November 10, 2021

Today, the Feast of all the Saints of the Society, while praying in the Chapel at Donnybrook (Poor Clares), our Lord seemed …

November 5, 2021

Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on October 25 1916. It refers to the previous night, in other words, this …

October 24, 2021

Last night I rose at one a.m. and walked two miles barefooted in reparation for the sins of priests to the chapel …

October 15, 2021

Pray for all, but especially for sinners, and in particular for those whose sins are most painful to His Sacred Heart. With …

October 9, 2021

Try and remember that sanctification means daily, hourly, hard work, and this unflinchingly, when weariness comes. COMMENT: Fr Doyle engaged in this …

September 19, 2021