“Condescension in evil or dangerous matters is not a virtue; it is a weakness and a disorder.” (CCD 11:59) – St. Vincent de Paul – Be present, Lord, when my desire to be thought well of tempts me to take the easy way out and not challenge what...
“Your steadiness of conduct will never injure you, even in the minds of those who act differently from you, for all will respect and esteem you more for persevering in what you know to be your duty.” (CW 1:224) – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Help...
God sometimes allows these great disturbances, which unsettle the most secure States, to remind earthly sovereigns that they are answerable to His kingship and are just as dependent as their own subjects (V:449-450).
