To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of the War Letters, Prayers, and Spiritual Writings of Fr. Willie D

Patrick Kenny
Ignatius Press, 209 pages

Paralleling Legatus magazine’s March 2019 review of Bravery Under Fire – the documentary on Fr. Willie Doyle, S.J., a World War I chaplain who died on the battlefields – this is the book on Fr. Doyle by Patrick Kenny, who was interviewed prominently in that film. Fr. Doyle’s inspiring story of holiness and self-sacrifice comes through strongly in his writings collected here. “Heroism is a virtue which has an attraction for every heart,” Fr. Doyle writes in one meditation. “It seems to lift us out of our petty selves and make us for a moment forget our own selfish interests.” This book likely will have a similar effect on readers.

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