Perhaps some people in the US will end up here today, Memorial Day, when researching military chaplains.
If you arrive here for the first time today, welcome! Watch this short video for a brief introduction to the life and spirit of Fr Willie Doyle, a rock solid military chaplain and heroic “martyr” of charity.
Fr William Doyle SJ
Click here to buy O'Rahilly's classic biography of Fr Doyle
O Jesus, who has given us the example of Your servant, Father William Doyle, graciously grant us the favours we ask You through his intercession...[Make petition.]
Teach us to imitate his love for You, his heroic devotion to Your service, his zeal for repairing the outrages done to Your glory and for the salvation of souls. Hear our prayer and show us the credit he now enjoys in heaven so that we may soon be able to venerate him in public worship."
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
This blog seeks to share some daily reflections from the writings of the heroic Jesuit "martyr" Fr Wille Doyle. My hope is that more people can come to know, and learn from, this remarkable man.
A more complete explanation of this blog can be found by clicking on Why This Blog? at the top of the page.
Comments and emails are welcome.
frwilliedoyle at gmail.com
Fr Doyle in uniform
O my God, pour out in abundance Thy spirit of sacrifice upon Thy priests. It is both their glory and their duty to become victims, to be burnt up for souls, to live without ordinary joys, to be often the objects of distrust, injustice, and persecution.
The words they say every day at the altar, "This is my Body, this is my Blood," grant them to apply to themselves: "I am no longer myself, I am Jesus, Jesus crucified. I am, like the bread and wine, a substance no longer itself, but by consecration another."
O my God, I burn with desire for the sanctification of Thy priests. I wish all the priestly hands which touch Thee were hands whose touch is gentle and pleasing to Thee, that all the mouths uttering such sublime words at the altar should never descend to speaking trivialities.
Let priests in all their person stay at the level of their lofty functions, let every man find them simple and great, like the Holy Eucharist, accessible to all yet above the rest of men. O my God, grant them to carry with them from the Mass of today, a thirst for the Mass of tomorrow, and grant them, ladened themselves with gifts, to share these abundantly with their fellow men. Amen.
Proud member of a premium Web Directory Site HotVsNot.com We are listed under Christianity Directory
