Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
“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

26 October

Alfred the Great
(c. 849–899)
Reformer
Amand {Amantius}
(346)
First Bishop
Demetrius of Thessaloniki
(270–306)
Martyr
Evaristus
(c. 30–105)
Martyr, Pope
Felicissimus
(256)
Layperson, Martyr
Quodvultdeus
(c. 450)
Bishop, Spiritual Writer
Rogatian
(256)
Martyr, Priest
Witta
(747)
Bishop, Missionary

Le baiser frappe comme la foudre, l’amour passe comme un orage, puis la vie, de nouveau, se calme comme le ciel, et recommence ainsi qu’avant. Se souvient-on d’un nuage?

(The kiss strikes like a thunderbolt, the love passes away like a storm, and then life, like the sky, is calm once more, and begins again as it was before. Do we ever remember a cloud?)

Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)

French writer

Pierre et Jean (1888)

Pierre and Jean (1888)