Our Lord is displeased only when He sees no attempt made to get rid of imperfections which, when deliberate, clog the …
Virtues
November 9, 2016
From their cleansing prison of fire the holy souls cry to us for help. With joy indeed they bear the pain …
November 2, 2016
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, 2016
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on this day in 1916: Lately the desire to be trampled on and become …
October 13, 2016
Pray for all, but especially for sinners, and in particular for those whose sins are most painful to His Sacred Heart. With …
October 9, 2016
Solid virtue is so called because it is formed by amassing together a facility in repeated acts. Hence the practice of any …
October 8, 2016
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, 2016
He hath given His angels charge over us, to guide us, to guard and shelter us from dangers, to lead us …
October 2, 2016
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, 2016
St Vincent de Paul For fifteen years has Jesus been waiting for me to return to Him, to return to the fervour …
September 27, 2016