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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

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

January 22, 2021

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

January 18, 2021

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

January 17, 2021

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, 2021

  It seems to me I have failed to keep my resolutions because I have not acted from the motive of …

January 7, 2021

During Exposition Jesus asked me if I would give up taking second course at dinner. This would be a very great sacrifice; …

January 5, 2021

Feast of Mary, Mother of God A New Year! What visions of almost boundless good, hidden in the fair bosom of the …

January 1, 2021

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, 2020

My genius of an orderly fried meat and pudding together and, with a smile of triumph on his face, brought both on …

December 22, 2020

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

December 20, 2020