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
The conviction has been growing that nocturnal adoration will be established only if I spend much time myself before the Blessed Sacrament …
If an aspiration, on the authority of the Blessed Cure d’Ars, often saved a soul, what must you not do each day …
The Moment of Benediction… The priest turns and raises aloft the Sacred Host. In loving adoration, in reverent awe, the invisible angels …
I assert fearlessly that if only we all prayed enough – and I mean by that a constant, steady unflagging stream of …
A habit of ejaculatory prayer is a sign of nearness to God, for our own holiness will be in proportion to our …
How often have we murmured against the good God because He has refused our petitions or frustrated our plans. Can we look …
The effect of fervour may be likened to that of fire on water. When cold, water is motionless and chills all that …
You seem to be a little troubled at finding yourself cold at prayer and as if our Lord had abandoned you. Were …
Some of Fr Willie’s favourite aspirations: l. My Crucified Jesus, help me to crucify myself. 2. Lord, teach me how to pray …
As to any practice of piety there is a double danger: recommending it as infallible, or condemning it as useless. I always …