St Alphonsus Rodriguez St. Alphonsus Rodriguez is a striking example of one who, though in a lowly station in life, devoid …
Virtues
October 31, 2019
Blessed Dominic Collins Darling Mother Mary, in preparation for the glorious martyrdom which I feel assured thou art going to obtain for …
October 30, 2019
Sunset at Dalkey Island, a scene which would have been very familiar to Fr Doyle “Time that passeth like a shadow”(Ecclesiastes, 7. …
October 29, 2019
Today we start Fr Doyle’s reflections on the second week of the Spiritual Exercises. This part of the Exercises begins with a …
October 19, 2019
St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church A wooden block used as a pillow by St Teresa The life of St. …
October 15, 2019
Saint John Henry Newman Today’s canonisation of John Henry Newman is not just important for the Church in England. Newman is …
October 13, 2019
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on this day in 1916: Lately the desire to be trampled on and become …
October 13, 2019
Pray for all, but especially for sinners, and in particular for those whose sins are most painful to His Sacred Heart. With …
October 9, 2019
Solid virtue is so called because it is formed by amassing together a facility in repeated acts. Hence the practice of any …
October 8, 2019
Do I ever say, when an occasion of denying myself comes, “It’s too hard, I am no saint?” Might it not be …
October 5, 2019