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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

Today is the feast of St Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei. Instead of a message from Fr Willie, we have …

June 26, 2026

You need not fear whatever He may send you to bear, since His grace will come with it; but you should always …

June 19, 2026

A great desire to know our Lord better, His attractive character, His personal love for me, the resolve to read the life …

June 18, 2026

The Third Degree of Humility.  1. Accepto. I will receive with joy all unpleasant things which I must bear : (a) pain, …

June 11, 2026

My way is sure. I think I can say now without a shade of doubt or hesitation that the path by which …

May 8, 2026

Second pilgrimage to Amettes from Locre. During the journey I felt our Lord wanted to give me some message through St. Benedict …

April 16, 2026

During His Passion our Lord was bound and dragged from place to place. I have hourly opportunities of imitating Him by going …

March 30, 2026

If I have resolved to nail myself to the cross, let me bear ever in mind that our Lord is on the …

March 13, 2026

Towards the end of the retreat a light came to me that, now that I have given Jesus all the sacrifices I …

March 11, 2026

This morning during meditation I again felt that mysterious appeal from our Blessed Lord for a life of absolute, complete sacrifice of …

March 10, 2026