St. Marcellin's Approach to Opposition

So much in our country seems to be the opposite of good sense, if not directly opposite to Catholic moral standards and beliefs, we sometimes don't know what to do or where to begin.  The University of Notre Dame is suing President Obama over the abortion section of the Health Care bill as a start, but the erosion of values begun long before this bill and extending far beyond it, remain a challenge that can lead to discouragement.
St. Marcellin's world in post-revolution France was even more distorted and he himself was the object of opposition from his fellow priests within and outside his circle.  How did he respond?  He wrote, "Until now i used to wonder if I was working according to God's designs; the attacks I have just received begin to give me hope."  This is not your average response to attacks.  HOPE?  He viewed opposition as a sign that he was doing God's work, because the devil was trying so hard to stop it.  A sort of back-door indication that he was on the right track.  We had the same experience on the Pine Ridge Reservation...when things went wrong, the people would tell us that we were doing such good work that the devil was working overtime to destroy it.  We took it as a sign and source of hope, a confimation and affirmation and worked harder at what we were doing.  Perhaps we need to look at our current situation and work harder at living out our beliefs and thus thwart the devil who uses discouragement as one of his key tools of demolition.
Bro. Rene