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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

Self-conquest

Posts dealing with penance and self-conquest

The Fruit of the Third Week The thought that Jesus has suffered so much for me to atone for my sins and …

November 8, 2024

Today, the Feast of all the Saints of the Society, while praying in the Chapel at Donnybrook (Poor Clares), our Lord seemed …

November 5, 2024

This evening I had a dispute with Father B. Instead of giving in to his wishes and allowing him to remain in …

November 1, 2024

I am slowly learning the lesson Jesus brought me out here to teach me. The first and greatest is that I must …

October 26, 2024

My God, this morning I was in despair. After some days of relaxation owing partly to sickness, I resolved to begin my …

October 22, 2024

When it was not some infirmity or other than caused him to experience pain, it was he himself who inflicted discomfort and …

October 22, 2024

Feeling very unwell for the past few days, I gave way to self indulgence in food and sleep. Jesus has made it …

October 20, 2024

Today is the feast of St Paul of the Cross, the founder of the Passionist order. He lived in the 1700’s, and …

October 19, 2024

Today is the feast of the archangels, though in Fr Willie’s time 29 September was only the feast  St Michael. St Michael …

September 29, 2024

Fr Doyle wrote the following very private notes in his diary on 27 September 1915 about his prayer the previous night: Last …

September 26, 2024