It seems to me I have failed to keep my resolutions because I have not acted from the motive of the love of God. Mortification, prayer, hard work, become sweet when done for the love of Jesus.
COMMENT: We are now 1 week into the year 2026. How have we kept our resolutions for the year? Most of us will have lived them imperfectly. Some may even have already abandoned them altogether. We are not alone. Fr Willie struggled to stick to his resolutions, and so too did many saints. But it was the constant struggle, despite failures, that made them so great. Don’t give up – start again!
January 7, 2026
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on Thoughts for January 7 from Fr Willie Doyle.
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In all humility, Father Doyle seemed to himself to have not reached the degree of virtue he had hoped to reach. He wanted to always do better, do more for love of God. This love for God, this devotion to God drove Father Doyle to exceed in his practice of virtue, a pure, total virtue, for that is what God deserves. All in all, Father Doyle gave all he could, when he could, to the extent he could at that given time, and so, can be convinced that knowing what we know about him, he certainly pleased God, not only in action, but intention.