Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day-November 16

OF what use is it to pass for great in the eyes of the world, if before God we be vile and worthless? On the contrary, what matters it to be despised by the world, provided we be dear and acceptable in the eyes of God?
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927