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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

St Claude de la Colombiere   I have gone through a great deal of desolation, discouragement, fear and dread of my proposed …

February 15, 2022

  Almost the first thing which caught my eye at the grotto was our Lady’s words: “Penitence, penitence, penitence”. On leaving, …

February 11, 2022

  To-day while praying in the Chapel, suddenly it seemed to me as if I were standing before a narrow path …

February 5, 2022

Reading today of how Luisa de Carvajal made herself the slave of her two maids, the old desire for this kind of …

February 4, 2022

Constant urging of Jesus to do “hard things” for him, things which cost. I shrink from sacrifice, but I know well He …

February 1, 2022

Last night I rose at 1am and went down to the church, renewing before the crucifix my desire and promise absolutely to …

January 27, 2022

Last night I rose at twelve and knelt in the cellar for an hour to suffer from the cold. It was a …

January 22, 2022

My dear loving Jesus, what do you want from me? You never seem to leave me alone – thank you ever so …

January 22, 2022

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

January 18, 2022

Our Lord wants me to give Him all I can give cheerfully, not repining or regretting any sacrifice; not saying, ‘I wish …

January 17, 2022