St Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church It seems to me that the best and most practical resolution I can make …
Reparation
February 3, 2016
Last night I rose at twelve and knelt in the cellar for an hour to suffer from the cold. It was a …
January 22, 2016
I felt Jesus asking me to make a long visit and wishing to speak to me. His message was: To note down …
January 18, 2016
Our Lord wants me to give Him all I can give cheerfully, not repining or regretting any sacrifice; not saying, ‘I wish …
January 17, 2016
I see more and more that self-indulgence even in lawful things brings only unhappiness; and I realise I can never be truly …
January 15, 2016
It seems to me I have failed to keep my resolutions because I have not acted from the motive of the …
January 7, 2016
Feast of Mary, Mother of God A New Year! What visions of almost boundless good, hidden in the fair bosom of the …
January 1, 2016
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on this day in 1916: Since I became chaplain I have grown very lazy …
December 13, 2015
I am sorry to see you suffer and yet glad that the cross is your portion. If I had at this …
December 12, 2015
I believe strongly in corporal penance as a means to the end. But a denial of your own will often costs more …
December 9, 2015