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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

I felt Jesus asking me to make a long visit and wishing to speak to me. His message was: To note down …

January 18, 2023

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, 2023

I was very much annoyed because someone burnt the floor of my dug-out and also on finding my candles had been taken. …

December 23, 2022

During the last three nights of the retreat I slept on the floor without feeling any inconvenience after, though I woke very …

December 20, 2022

Since I became chaplain I’ve grown very lazy and on mortified, the cause of much unhappiness and remorse to me. My excuse …

December 13, 2022

I believe that Our Lord is asking for victims who are willing to suffer much in reparation for sins, especially those of …

December 8, 2022

The great light of this retreat, clear and persistent, has been that God has chosen me, in His great love and through …

December 1, 2022

Vince teipsum (Conquer yourself). This is the secret of the Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from my master Ignatius,” said St. …

November 28, 2022

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

November 8, 2022

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

November 1, 2022