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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.

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, 2017

Pray for all, but especially for sinners, and in particular for those whose sins are most painful to His Sacred Heart. With …

October 9, 2017

Solid virtue is so called because it is formed by amassing together a facility in repeated acts. Hence the practice of any …

October 8, 2017

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, 2017

Saint Francis in Meditation In the end what once caused us pain and tears becomes the source of great interior joy, since …

October 4, 2017

St Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church Kneeling at the grave of the Little Flower I gave myself into her hands …

October 1, 2017

St Jerome in the wilderness Don’t dwell on what you have not done, for I think that want of confidence in His …

September 30, 2017

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, 2017

St Vincent de Paul For fifteen years has Jesus been waiting for me to return to Him, to return to the fervour …

September 27, 2017

I have noticed that every time I have indulged myself, my appetite especially, for no matter what reason, I have always had …

September 25, 2017