His Grace on the Irish Bishops and the Council

[…] The Irish bishops hold jurisdiction, that the same independence exists as well, and it may be conceived that there was a more than natural significance in this important fact. There have been rumors, menaces, indications of what will be done in one place, or of what will be thought in another place, by the powers of this world, in case the Council should declare this or refuse to accede to that, but he had no fear of all these menaces, for he believed that the children of St. Patrick and of Ireland throughout the world had made up their minds not to suffer any human hand to teach the Church of God. He had no fears for the Church or for the Council—for God was on their side, and those who were against them would, in the end, be conquered. The truth would go forward—for truth never fails, and though the world may clamor and hate, [...] truth would triumph over all.

Nothing could exceed the earnestness with which his Grace delivered this portion of the sermon, and after an eloquent exhortation to his hearers to pray to St. Patrick for God's blessing on the Church, he commended the community of St. Isidore's to their generous consideration.