Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on October 25 1916. It refers to the previous night, in other words, this …
Virtues
October 24, 2023
We come now to one of the other great moments of the Spiritual Exercises – the Meditation on the Three Classes of …
October 24, 2023
We come today to the famous meditation on the Two Standards. This is one of the high points of the Spiritual Exercises. …
October 23, 2023
As part of the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises, retreatants meditate on the early life of Christ. One of these meditations …
October 20, 2023
Today is the feast of St Paul of the Cross, the founder of the Passionist order. He lived in the 1700’s, and …
October 19, 2023
Today we start Fr Doyle’s reflections on the second week of the Spiritual Exercises. This part of the Exercises begins with a …
October 19, 2023
The Fruit of the First Week: I realise in a way I never did before that God created me for His service, …
October 18, 2023
One of the obstacles to my leading a fervent life is the thought of what others may think. I would often wish …
October 17, 2023
Meditating on the Particular Judgement, God gave me great light. I realised that I should have to give an exact account of …
October 16, 2023
Last night I rose at one a.m. and walked two miles barefooted in reparation for the sins of priests to the chapel …
October 15, 2023