“Hope is patience with the lamp lit.”                                       -Tertullian

  For Reflection:

In the face of seemingly impossible circumstances, do I patiently endure with hope or do I give in to discouragement and fear? What one spiritual strategy can I employ to keep my “lamp lit”?

True Devotion to Mary by Saint Louis De Montfort. Fr. Frederick Faber, translator Pb 215 Pgs Click Here For More Information:

ABOUT ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT  pg xi

...he encountered great opposition from religious authorities--in particular, being forbidden by the Bishop of Poitiers to preach in his diocese--he decided to travel to Rome to ask the Holy Father if he was doing God's Will and whether he should continue as before.  St.Louis De Montfort walked to Rome--a thousand miles--and put his case to Pope Clement XI.  The Pope told him to continue his traveling missionary work, and named him Missionary Apostolic, but told him always to be sure to work under obedience to the diocesan authorities.