Today we start Fr Doyle’s reflections on the second week of the Spiritual Exercises. This part of the Exercises begins with a …
Saints
October 19, 2025
Meditating on the Particular Judgement, God gave me great light. I realised that I should have to give an exact account of …
October 16, 2025
The life of St. Teresa teaches us that we should never despair of becoming saints. As a child she was filled with …
October 15, 2025
Today is the feast of St John XXIII. At first glance there does not seem to be much in common between Fr Doyle …
October 11, 2025
Fr Doyle began his “Long retreat” – 30 days of the Spiritual Exercises – at this time in 1907. It was a …
October 11, 2025
Solid virtue is so called because it is formed by amassing together a facility in repeated acts. Hence the practice of any …
October 8, 2025
Do I ever say, when an occasion of denying myself comes, “It’s too hard, I am no saint?” Might it not be …
October 5, 2025
In the end what once caused us pain and tears becomes the source of great interior joy, since we have realised how …
October 4, 2025
I cannot deny that I love Jesus, love Him passionately, love Him with every fibre of my heart. He knows it, too, …
October 3, 2025
He hath given His angels charge over us, to guide us, to guard and shelter us from dangers, to lead us safely …
October 2, 2025