Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre (H. Lefébvre)
Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre (H. Lefébvre)
“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

31 December

Columba of Sens
(c. 257–273)
Martyr, Virgin
John West
(1778–1845)
Educator, Missionary, Priest, Reformer, Spiritual Writer
John Wycliffe
(c. 1328–1384)
Educator, Priest, Reformer, Scholastic Philosopher, Theologian
Marius of Avenches
(532–596)
Bishop
Melania the Younger
(c. 383–439)
Nun, Widow
Sylvester I
(285–335)
Pope

Wenn die Welt groß und komplex erscheint, müssen wir uns in Erinnerung rufen, dass alle großen Ideale auf der Welt ihren Ursprung in einer kleinen Nachbarschaft hatten.

(When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighbourhood.)

Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967)

German statesman and First Chancellor of West Germany (1949-1963)