During the last three nights of the retreat I slept on the floor without feeling any inconvenience after, though I woke very …
Self-conquest
December 20, 2025
Since I became chaplain I’ve grown very lazy and unmortified, the cause of much unhappiness and remorse to me. My excuse is …
December 13, 2025
I believe that Our Lord is asking for victims who are willing to suffer much in reparation for sins, especially those of …
December 8, 2025
I believe strongly in corporal penance as a means to the end. But a denial of your own will often costs more …
December 7, 2025
The great light of this retreat, clear and persistent, has been that God has chosen me, in His great love and through …
December 1, 2025
Vince teipsum (Conquer yourself). This is the secret of the Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from my master Ignatius,” said St. …
November 28, 2025
I felt strongly urged to rise and make the Holy Hour every night. In the past twelve months I have gone down to the …
November 22, 2025
Your desire for penance is an excellent sign…But have a fixed amount to be done each day and do not be doing …
November 18, 2025
The Fruit of the Third Week The thought that Jesus has suffered so much for me to atone for my sins and …
November 8, 2025
Today, the Feast of all the Saints of the Society, while praying in the Chapel at Donnybrook (Poor Clares), our Lord seemed …
November 5, 2025