The following excerpt from O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle recalls Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass during the war in 1916… Christmas itself …
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December 24, 2023
I was very much annoyed because someone burnt the floor of my dug-out and also on finding my candles had been taken. …
December 23, 2023
My genius of an orderly fried meat and pudding together and, with a smile of triumph on his face, brought both on …
December 22, 2023
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on 21 December 1913, 110 years ago today. It relates to a recent trip …
December 21, 2023
21 December: A day I always like because the turning point of the year and from this on the evenings will be …
December 21, 2023
During the last three nights of the retreat I slept on the floor without feeling any inconvenience after, though I woke very …
December 20, 2023
Fr Doyle wrote the following letter to his sister from the trenches on 19th December 1916, 107 years ago today. It gives …
December 19, 2023
“I have called upon Thee in the day of my trouble” (Psalm 85. 7). Jesus is our comforter. What burden is there …
December 18, 2023
A want of will is the chief obstacle to our becoming saints. We are not holy because we do not really wish …
December 17, 2023
Avoid worry, anxiety, uneasiness about anything. “The devil’s boiling pot” expresses this state of mind; one trouble ended, another crops up to …
December 16, 2023