How little the expression ‘we were shelled for two hours’ conveys to you. People read in their papers some mornings: ‘The enemy …
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January 1, 2025
A New Year! What visions of almost boundless good, hidden in the fair bosom of the new-born year, rise up before me. …
January 1, 2025
“All our days are spent.” (Psalm 89. 9). The hour will come for each of us when we shall echo these words …
December 31, 2024
Every little victory in the matter of food is a real triumph, for this is a real test of generosity. You will …
December 30, 2024
Jesus, you know my longing to become a saint. You know how much I thirst to die a martyr. Help me to …
December 29, 2024
I have celebrated Mass in some strange places and under extraordinary conditions but somehow I was more than usually impressed this morning. …
December 28, 2024
Try to get down low and follow out what He Himself taught: “Unless you become as little children.” This will make you …
December 27, 2024
The following two excerpts from a letter written by Fr Doyle recount two incidents that happened on St Stephen’s Day, 1916. They …
December 26, 2024
What impressed me most in the meditation on the Nativity was the thought that Jesus could have been born in wealth and …
December 25, 2024
The following excerpt from O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle recalls Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass during the war in 1916… Christmas itself …
December 24, 2024