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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

Four Dangers to be Feared after a Retreat: 1 . Dissipation: There, it is over; amuse yourself. 2. Toning Down: Too much, …

August 3, 2019

I long to get back to my little room at night, to calm and quiet, and yet I dread it, for He …

July 30, 2019

St James   You ask how to pray well. The answer is, Pray often, in season and out of season, against yourself, …

July 25, 2019

Do not give up prayer on any account, no matter how dry or rotten you feel; every moment, especially before Him in …

July 24, 2019

I awoke in the middle of the night with the feeling that Jesus wanted me. I resisted, but at last got out …

July 10, 2019

The conviction has been growing that nocturnal adoration will be established only if I spend much time myself before the Blessed Sacrament …

July 2, 2019

If an aspiration, on the authority of the Blessed Cure d’Ars, often saved a soul, what must you not do each day …

June 28, 2019

Try to grasp the fact – a very hard thing to do – that in the spiritual life ‘feelings’ count for nothing, …

June 23, 2019

A great desire to know our Lord better, His attractive character, His personal love for me, the resolve to read the …

June 18, 2019

I felt the presence of Jesus very near to me while praying in the chapel at Ramsgrange. He seemed to want me …

June 16, 2019