The Father Willie Doyle Association
Official site for the canonisation cause of the Servant of God Fr Willie Doyle SJ
Posts dealing with prayer and the interior life in general
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on October 25 1916. It refers to the previous night, in other words, this …
Last night I rose at one a.m. and walked two miles barefooted in reparation for the sins of priests to the chapel …
Try and remember that sanctification means daily, hourly, hard work, and this unflinchingly, when weariness comes. COMMENT: Fr Doyle engaged in this …
Two wings by which we can fly to God and become saints: the habit of little tiny acts of self-denial and the habit …
Instead of a quote from Fr Doyle, today we present, courtesy of the Irish Messenger, a scanned copy of a booklet published …
August 16th is Fr Willie’s anniversary. For 9 days we will reflect on different virtues and gifts in Fr Willie’s life. Let us …
You ask how to pray well. The answer is, Pray often, in season and out of season, against yourself, in spite of …
Do not give up prayer on any account, no matter how dry or rotten you feel; every moment, especially before Him in …
I awoke in the middle of the night with the feeling that Jesus wanted me. I resisted, but at last got out …
I have often wondered what Jesus meant by the ‘work’, but I could never bring myself to ask you what you thought …