Sunset at Dalkey Island, a scene which would have been very familiar to Fr Doyle “Time that passeth like a shadow”(Ecclesiastes, 7. …
Virtues
October 29, 2020
St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church The life of St. Teresa teaches us that we should never despair of becoming …
October 15, 2020
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on this day in 1916: Lately the desire to be trampled on and become …
October 13, 2020
Solid virtue is so called because it is formed by amassing together a facility in repeated acts. Hence the practice of …
October 8, 2020
Do I ever say, when an occasion of denying myself comes, “It’s too hard, I am no saint?” Might it not …
October 5, 2020
Saint Francis in Meditation In the end what once caused us pain and tears becomes the source of great interior joy, …
October 4, 2020
St Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church Kneeling at the grave of the Little Flower I gave myself into her …
October 1, 2020
St Jerome in the wilderness Don’t dwell on what you have not done, for I think that want of confidence in …
September 30, 2020
Don’t let the devil spoil the work by making you fret and worry. COMMENT: This line from Fr Doyle is taken from …
September 28, 2020
St Vincent de Paul For fifteen years has Jesus been waiting for me to return to Him, to return to the …
September 27, 2020