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

June 16, 2013

The Moment of Benediction. The priest turns and raises aloft the Sacred Host. In loving adoration, in reverent awe, the invisible …

June 13, 2013

Real devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is only to be gained by hard, grinding work of dry adoration before the Hidden …

June 2, 2013

We must be intellectually pious, that is, our piety should rest on the bedrock of principle, and not on mood, on sentiment, …

May 30, 2013

I feel drawn still more to the life of “interior union.” To acquire this I must practise the following: 1 . Constant …

May 2, 2013

St Pius V – Pope of the Rosary Last night I rose at twelve and knelt in the cellar for an hour …

April 30, 2013

Pain and privation are only momentary, they quickly pass and become even delightfully sweet, if only borne in the spirit with …

March 28, 2013

A habit of ejaculatory prayer is a sign of nearness to God, for our own holiness will be in proportion to our …

February 25, 2013

Some of Fr Doyle’s favourite aspirations: l. My Crucified Jesus, help me to crucify myself. 2. Lord, teach me how to pray …

February 6, 2013

I would like you to note down in a little book the following things. Every day read each item over and …

February 1, 2013