Notre-Dame de Paris (Charles Desvergues)
Notre-Dame de Paris (Charles Desvergues)
“Si je n’y suis [en la grâce de Dieu], Dieu m’y mette; et, si j’y suis, Dieu m’y tienne! Je serais le plus dolente de monde si je savais ne pas être en la grâce de Dieu”
— Jeanne d’Arc

Today’s Feast Days

24 July

Blathmaic of Rath
(6th–7th cent.)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
Boris & Gleb
(1015)
Martyrs
Christina of Bolsena
(3rd cent.)
Martyr, Virgin
Christina the Astonishing
(1150–1224)
Virgin
Declan
(5th cent.)
First Bishop
Kinga of Poland
(1224–1292)
Nun, Virgin

Love can hurt us deeply. We need to take great care. The blade of nothingness cuts deeply. Others want to love, to give themselves, but they have no energy. They carry around in the hearts the corpses of past relationships and are addicted to hurt as confirmation of identity.

John O’Donohue (1956–2008)

Irish poet, author, and Catholic scholar

Anam Cara: a book of Celtic Wisdom (1999)