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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

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

November 22, 2019

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

November 14, 2019

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

November 5, 2019

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

October 24, 2019

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, 2019

Our Lady of the Rosary   To Mary’s feet in heaven today the angels come in never-ending stream to lay before her …

October 7, 2019

Meditating on the words of our Lord to Blessed Margaret Mary: “I seek for My Heart a victim willing to sacrifice itself …

September 29, 2019

A long time reader and friend of the site, a priest, posted a comment last week seeking prayers for a friend …

September 19, 2019

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

September 19, 2019

St John Eudes   Two wings by which we can fly to God and become saints: the habit of little tiny acts of …

August 19, 2019