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The Father Willie Doyle Association

Father Willie Doyle Association

Official site for the canonisation cause of the Servant of God Fr Willie Doyle SJ

Virtues

All the posts published.

St Ignatius To be indifferent does not mean to desire things which are hard to nature, but a readiness and determination to …

September 7, 2019

How little I think of committing venial sin, and how soon I forget I have done so! Yet God hates nothing more …

September 6, 2019

You must absolutely drive away all despondency or useless pining or regrets about the past. It does not please God and it …

September 2, 2019

St Teresa Margaret Redi Reasons why our Communions and Masses do not make us Saints. 1. Want of preparation, through sloth, carelessness, …

September 1, 2019

Why are we not saints? Want of courage and want of patience. We give up, we have not the strength of will …

August 30, 2019

St Augustine   How many wish to belong entirely to Jesus without reserve or restriction? Most want to serve two masters, to …

August 29, 2019

The beheading of St John the Baptist   There is one thing we need never be afraid of, namely, that the devil …

August 29, 2019

St Monica Don’t be stingy in giving praise, particularly with the young. If in a community there is some sister not as …

August 27, 2019

I am truly glad you are looking to the perfection of your daily actions; it is the simplest, yet perhaps hardest, way …

August 25, 2019

Transverberation of the heart of St Teresa of Avila Even as a child I longed and prayed to be a saint. But …

August 25, 2019