Since I became chaplain I’ve grown very lazy and on mortified, the cause of much unhappiness and remorse to me. My excuse …
Self-conquest
December 13, 2020
I believe strongly in corporal penance as a means to the end. But a denial of your own will often costs more …
December 7, 2020
Towards the end of the retreat a light came to me that, now that I have given Jesus all the sacrifices I …
December 3, 2020
It is scarcely necessary to state that deliberate sin in any shape or form utterly destroys the interior life and even …
November 28, 2020
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum (Conquer yourself). This is the secret of the Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from my master …
November 26, 2020
Do not try to run till you can walk well. Draw up a list of certain little sacrifices which you feel God …
November 23, 2020
I felt strongly urged to rise and make the Holy Hour every night. In the past twelve months I have gone down to …
November 22, 2020
Fr Doyle struggled to give up butter on his bread at breakfast Your desire for penance is an excellent sign…But have a …
November 18, 2020
Today, the Feast of all the Saints of the Society, while praying in the Chapel at Donnybrook (Poor Clares), our Lord seemed …
November 5, 2020
I was greatly struck and helped yesterday by these words of the Imitation (of Christ): My child: let me do with you …
November 3, 2020