“I would consider it a greater happiness to be the least among consecrated virgins than the foremost queen in the world.”
Saint Isabel of France
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Isabel of France
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Me too.
“Later, she refused the hand of Conrad IV of Germany, son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, although pressed to accept by everyone, even by Innocent IV.[5]”
“She refused to become abbess, which allowed her to retain her wealth and resources, so she could support her abbey and continue to give to the poor.”
How many saints are there today go unnoticed by man(?) How many seemingly without honor? How many that refuse to bend from what they know is true even at the insistence of a pope?