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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

During His Passion our Lord was bound and dragged from place to place. I have hourly opportunities of imitating Him by …

April 10, 2017

I know I can never be happy unless I am heroically generous with Him. This I have proved time after time. A …

March 21, 2017

  If I have resolved to nail myself to the cross, let me bear ever in mind that our Lord is …

March 13, 2017

Towards the end of the retreat a light came to me that, now that I have given Jesus all the sacrifices I …

March 11, 2017

This morning during meditation I again felt that mysterious appeal from our Blessed Lord for a life of absolute, complete sacrifice of …

March 10, 2017

Martyrs of Sebaste During the winter I have done a penance which I shrink from and dread in a way which I …

March 10, 2017

The mortification good for you may be measured by your peace of mind. If you find your should troubled by the penance …

March 9, 2017

A fierce temptation during Mass and thanksgiving to break my resolution and indulge my appetite at breakfast…Jesus urged me to pray …

March 5, 2017

What is it to be a saint? Does it mean that we must macerate this flesh of ours with cruel austerities, …

March 1, 2017

When you commit a fault which humbles you and for which you are really sorry, it is a gain instead of a …

February 24, 2017