Feast of Mary, Mother of God A New Year! What visions of almost boundless good, hidden in the fair bosom of the …
Self-conquest
January 1, 2015
I believe strongly in corporal penance as a means to the end. But a denial of your own will often costs more …
December 9, 2014
Fr Sean Coyle, an Irish priest working in the Philippines, has left an interesting comment under yesterday’s post. I want to deal …
December 2, 2014
It is scarcely necessary to state that deliberate sin in any shape or form utterly destroys the interior life and even …
December 2, 2014
The great light of this retreat, clear and persistent, has been that God has chosen me, in His great love and through …
December 1, 2014
Fr Doyle featured in a programme on Irish television this evening. The section dealing with his life is about 6 minutes long, …
November 30, 2014
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum (Conquer yourself). This is the secret of the Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from my master …
November 26, 2014
Do not try to run till you can walk well. Draw up a list of certain little sacrifices which you feel God …
November 22, 2014
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, 2014
I was greatly struck and helped yesterday by these words of the Imitation (of Christ): My child: let me do with you …
November 3, 2014