Father Willie Doyle Association

Sounds like the Little Flower (to whom Fr. Doyle was devoted even though he didn’t even live to see her beatification).

28 July 1907: "My loving Jesus, on this the morning of my Ordination to the priesthood, I wish to place in Your Sacred Heart, in gratitude for all that You have done for me, the resolution from this day forward to go straight to holiness. My earnest wish and firm resolve is to…

28 July 1907 - from a letter of Fr Willie to Sr Benedict Doyle, his sister: "I know that you will be glad to receive a few lines from the hands which a few hours ago have been consecrated with the holy oil. Thank God a thousand thousand times, I can say at long last, I am a…

28 July 1914 - Austria declared war on Serbia, initiating WW1. On the same day - the 7th anniversary of his ordination - Fr Willie heard a special call in adoration. Was it the start of his call to be a military chaplain? "At Exposition Jesus spoke clearly in my soul, ‘Do the…

28 July 1917: On the 10th anniversary of his ordination, Fr Willie offers his sufferings in the trenches in reparation for the sins of priests. Less than 3 weeks later he was dead. "I have again offered myself to Jesus as His Victim to do with me absolutely as He pleases. I will…

Fr Willie on discerning a religious vocation: "Our Lord makes known His willingness to receive anyone into religion by giving them the necessary qualifications and the wish to do this work there. If I have these qualifications – “aptitude,” it is called – and this wish, all I…

26 July 1916: "During a visit our Lord seemed to urge me not to wait till the end of the war, but to begin my life of reparation at once, in some things at least. I have begun to keep a book of acts done with this intention. He asked me for these sacrifices, (1) To rise at night…

Do not give up prayer on any account, no matter how dry or rotten you feel; every moment, especially before Him in the Tabernacle, is a certain, positive gain; the effect will be there though you may not feel it. williedoyle.org/thoughts-for-j…

I do not want, in fact I forbid you, to be imprudent in the matter of corporal penances. But, my dear child, if you let a whole fortnight go by without any self-inflicted pain, can you honestly look Jesus in the face and say, “I am like to Him”? williedoyle.org/thoughts-for-j…

"Jesus allowed her to wash His feet but knew well what those eyes had looked on. He allowed her lips to kiss His feet knowing what sinful words had fallen from them. He did not shrink from the touch of hands which had served Satan so long. He even welcomed the love of a heart so…

"Jesus has treasures which He hides from those who love Him not and do not seek Him. To His favoured ones, His faithful servants, He opens wide the storehouse where they lie and pours His graces forth unmeasured. He is a hidden God. He dwells not with the proud and haughty. He…

I promise you this, that if you fight the temptations for a little while, great peace will soon come. Your only mistake has been to show the “white feather” even a little. Be brave and generous for the sake of our dear Lord, who loves you so much, as you know so well. If you have…

Presentation on Fr Willie at the St Sharbel Conference, courtesy of @ShalomWorldTV youtube.com/live/paPoiwV8a…