[Ex-Wretch]

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. (John 12:43)

[Polycarp]

All these monsters only come into the world to exercise the courage of the children of God, and if these are well trained, God gives them the pleasure of slaying the monsters, and sends fresh athletes into the arena.

And this life is a spectacle to angels, causing continual joy in Heaven, work for saints on earth, and confusion to the devils in hell.

So all that is opposed to the order of God renders it only the more to be adored. All workers of iniquity are slaves of justice, and the divine action builds the heavenly Jerusalem on the ruins of Babylon.

--From "Abandonment TO Divine Providence" by BY THE REV. J. P. DE CAUSSADE, S.J. Section XII. The Triumph of Humility.