Jesus, you know my longing to become a saint. You know how much I thirst to die a martyr. Help me …
Virtues
December 29, 2017
O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle is a remarkable source of information about Fr Doyle’s life and spirituality. However, there is another book …
December 25, 2017
Don’t lose sight of this principle, that true holiness is based on humility. COMMENT: There is only one place in the Gospel …
December 23, 2017
My genius of an orderly fried meat and pudding together and, with a smile of triumph on his face, brought both on …
December 22, 2017
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on 21 December 1913, 104 years ago today. It relates to a recent trip …
December 21, 2017
There is no rule for vocations, no age-limit for the call. Innocence attracts the gaze of God, deep-rooted habits of sin, provided …
December 20, 2017
“I have called upon Thee in the day of my trouble” (Psalm 85. 7). Jesus is our comforter. What burden is there …
December 18, 2017
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, 2017
God has many gifts to bestow upon us, but none more precious than time. Yet how we abuse this royal gift! How …
December 15, 2017
St John of the Cross: “Love is repaid by love alone”. Surely you are not right in trying to keep our Lord …
December 14, 2017