Annus Fidei
Thursday, 11 October, the feast of the Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, opens the Year of Faith. The Credo of the People of...
Father Willie Doyle: Scruples and Their Treatment
More than one reader has shared with me that the most helpful thing written on scruples and their treatment is a little pamphlet by Father...
Letter to a Soul Suffering from Scrupulosity
Just the other day someone suffering from scrupulosity wrote me, asking for counsel. Reading through the Letters of Saint John of Avila, our new Doctor...
When God Answers Prayers
I took this photograph of a moss-covered stone crucifix while visiting the Hill of Slane for the first time last October with my friend, Father...
Counsels of Saint John of Avila
The Quest for a Spiritual Father It often happens that souls will lament their failure to find a spiritual father or, more often than not,...