Wisdom from Fr. Willie Doyle

 
 
 

All day I have been busy hearing the men’s confessions and giving batch after batch Holy Communion. A consolation surely to see them crowding to the sacraments, but a sad one too, because I know for many of them it is the last absolution they will ever receive, and the next time they meet our Blessed Lord will be when they see him face to face in heaven.

—Fr. Willie Doyle

from the book To Raise the Fallen

 

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Irish military chaplain Fr. Willie Doyle, S.J., died in action during the Battle of Passchendaele on August 16, 1917, having been hit by a German shell while rushing to the aid of wounded soldiers trapped in No Man's Land. In To Raise the Fallen, Patrick Kenny introduces readers to this remarkable man, whose faith, heroic courage and generosity in the trenches of World War I continue to inspire Christians and non-Christians alike.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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