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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

I do not want, in fact I forbid you, to be imprudent in the matter of corporal penances. But, my dear child, …

July 23, 2019

I gave way today to indulgence, with the usual result. Jesus seemed to reproach me bitterly, reminding me that He seeks a …

July 18, 2019

I have often wondered what Jesus meant by the ‘work’, but I could never bring myself to ask you what you thought …

July 7, 2019

  This morning at Mass, our Blessed Lord gave me grace to see what a fool I am to let my …

July 5, 2019

  Devotion to the Sacred Heart cannot exist without self-denial; the flames and thorns around that Heart, the cross that crowns …

June 30, 2019

The misery of the past few days has proved to me that I can be happy only by doing what Jesus wants, …

June 27, 2019

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

June 26, 2019

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

June 18, 2019

I felt the presence of Jesus very near to me while praying in the chapel at Ramsgrange. He seemed to want me …

June 16, 2019

Slept on the floor. No relief in small sufferings. Put on chain in bad humour. Violent temptations to eat cake and resisted …

June 13, 2019