Vocations

Doyle S.J., Fr. William

ISBN 10: 144951314X / ISBN 13: 9781449513146

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009

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Synopsis:

This book is presented simply to those souls who desire to hear and follow the voice of God, which is the inspiration of grace. Many vocations sadly are lost today. This book talks about the easy signs to discern whether a soul has a vocation to the religious life or to the priesthood. There are definitions in the appendix to help a possible confused soul to understand the vocabulary they may not be acquainted with. There are many Saints that have looked upon the religious life as espousing Jesus Christ, rather than losing their virginity. As those Saints have said: "Why would I marry a mere peasant than a King?" The king they refer to is the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. Why should a young lady today not do the same? Why not espouse Christ, who is infinite purity? Why stain your soul with sin? St. Alphonsus writes: “a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery.” Pope Pius XII wrote in 1947 at the beatification of Blessed Maria Goretti: “There rises to Our lips the cry of the Saviour: 'Woe to the world because of scandals!' (Matthew 18:7). Woe to those who consciously and deliberately spread corruption-in novels, newspapers, magazines, theaters, films, in a world of immodesty!” We at St. Pius X Press are calling for a crusade of good books. We want to restore 1,000 old Catholic books to the market. We ask for your assistance and prayers. This book is a photographic reprint of the original The original has been inspected and many imperfections in the existing copy have been corrected. At Saint Pius X Press our goal is to remain faithful to the original in both photographic reproductions and in textual reproductions that are reprinted. Photographic reproductions are given a page by page inspection, whereas textual reproductions are proofread to correct any errors in reproduction.

About the Author: We are about to give excerpts from a biography written by Alfred O'Rahilly on Fr. William Doyle S.J. This is what was reported in the newspaper about what happened to Fr. Doyle. "All through the worst hours an Irish padre went about among the dead and dying giving absolution to his boys. Once he came back to head quarters, but he would not take a bite of food or stay, though his friends urged him. He went back to the field to minister to those who were glad to see him bending over them in their last agony. Four men were killed by shell fire as he knelt beside them, and he was not touched not touched until his own turn came. A shell burst close by, and the padre fell dead." Fr. Doyle had found the wounded officer lying far out in a shellcrater. He crawled out to him, absolved and anointed him, and then, half dragging, half carrying the dying man, managed to get him within the line. Three officers came up at this moment, and Mclnespie was sent for some water. This he got and was handing it to Fr. Doyle when a shell burst in the midst of the group, killing Fr. Doyle and the three officers instantaneously, and hurling Mclnespie violently to the ground. Later in the day some of the Dublins when retiring came across the bodies of all four. Recognizing Fr. Doyle, they placed hint and a Private Meehan, whom they were carrying back dead, behind a portion of the Frezenberg. Fr. Doyle met his death assigned to his Irish flock in spite of what they had suffered during the previous day. On 16th August 1917 the 16th Division made an advance along the Frezenberg ridge behind Ypres, where English Divisions had already failed several times.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Vocations
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good