Fr Willie sent the letter below to his father one year after the gas attack of April 1916 (see yesterday’s post). In …
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April 27, 2024
Fr Willie had many incredibly close shaves with death during the almost 2 years he spent as a military chaplain. He has …
April 26, 2024
I think I can say with truth that I have now no desire or wish except His. I have told Him that …
April 25, 2024
I have long had the feeling that, since the world is growing so rapidly worse and worse and God has lost His …
April 24, 2024
God sometimes seems to ask the impossible, a sorrow, a cross. Oh! it would crush me! How can this be? How? Lord, …
April 23, 2024
Work for Jesus! Yes, though the weary head may ache and the tired brain refuse to act. Work on, work on; the …
April 22, 2024
This morning I lay awake powerless to over come myself and to make my promised visit to the chapel. Then I felt …
April 21, 2024
Second pilgrimage to Amettes from Locre. During the journey I felt our Lord wanted to give me some message through St. Benedict …
April 16, 2024
What more insignificant than the ordinary daily duties of religious life! Each succeeding hour brings with it some allotted task, yet in …
April 15, 2024
How sweet it is when our day is ended to find the body tired, the head heavy and jaded with work done …
April 13, 2024