Place du Martroi, Orléans
Place du Martroi, Orléans
“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

19 October

Frideswide
(c. 650–727)
Nun
Henry Martyn
(1781–1812)
Biblical translator, Missionary, Priest
Isaac Jogues
(1607–1646)
Martyr, Missionary, Priest
Jean de Brébeuf
(1593–1649)
Martyr, Missionary, Priest
John of Rila
(c. 876–946)
Hermit
North American Martyrs
(1642–1649)
8 Jesuit Missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons
Paul of the Cross
(1694–1775)
Confessor, Founder, Mystic, Priest
Peter of Alcántara
(1499–1562)
Friar, Mystic

…I have to keep a careful eye on the difference between urgent things and important things. If I allow the urgent things to dominate my day, I will never do what is truly important and will always feel dissatisfied.

Henri J.M. Nouwen (1932–1996)

Dutch Catholic priest and writer

The Road to Daybreak (1988)