Fr Doyle struggled to give up butter on his bread at breakfast Your desire for penance is an excellent sign…But have a …
Virtues
November 18, 2018
Meditating on the Particular Judgement, God gave me great light. I realised that I should have to give an exact account …
November 17, 2018
Holiness and perfection depend on yourself, not on the actions of others. COMMENT: How easy it is for us to blame others, …
November 16, 2018
Our Lord is displeased only when He sees no attempt made to get rid of imperfections which, when deliberate, clog …
November 9, 2018
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, 2018
St John Paul II When it was not some infirmity or other than caused him to experience pain, it was he himself …
October 22, 2018
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on this day in 1916: Lately the desire to be trampled on and become …
October 13, 2018
Pray for all, but especially for sinners, and in particular for those whose sins are most painful to His Sacred Heart. With …
October 9, 2018
Solid virtue is so called because it is formed by amassing together a facility in repeated acts. Hence the practice of any …
October 8, 2018
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, 2018