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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

St Thomas Aquinas   As to any practice of piety there is a double danger: recommending it as infallible, or condemning it …

January 28, 2013

St Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church   There is nothing better than the practice of aspirations, steadily growing in number. …

January 24, 2013

I should examine all my actions, taking Jesus as my model and example. What a vast difference between my prayer and …

January 23, 2013

It is useful from time to time to pause and ask ourselves if we are, like the child Jesus, growing in …

January 13, 2013

As regards prayer, you should try to follow the attraction of the Holy Spirit, for all souls are not led by the …

January 11, 2013

Blessed Angela of Foligno   Recognise God’s graces to you, and instead of thinking of yourself and your faults, try to do …

January 4, 2013

“All our days are spent.” (Psalm 89. 9). The hour will come for each of us when we shall echo these …

December 31, 2012

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

November 24, 2012

We can never sufficiently thank Him for so completely showing us in the Garden that He was a man by praying …

November 19, 2012

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

November 14, 2012