Jeanne d’Arc au sacre du roi Charles VII (Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1854)
Jeanne d’Arc au sacre du roi Charles VII (Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1854)
“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 April

Benedetto Menni
(1841–1914)
Founder, Priest
Diarmaid of Armagh
(c. 852)
Archbishop
Ecgberht of Ripon
(c. 639–729)
Missionary, Monk
Fidelis of Sigmaringen
(1577–1622)
Martyr, Priest
Ivo
(n.d.)
Bishop, Hermit
Marie-Euphrasie Pelletier
(1796–1868)
Founder, Nun

You sit around on your butt all day expecting life to be one great big Hallmark card. Well, I’ve got news for you. There’s not a single goddamn soul out there who cares enough to send the very best.

Armistead Maupin (1944– )

American writer

Tales of the City (1978)