Place de Pyramides, Paris (Daniel Frémiet)
Place de Pyramides, Paris (Daniel Frémiet)
“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

18 January

Cristina Ciccarelli da L’Aquila
(1481–1543)
Abbess / ἡγουμένη, Stigmatist
Deicolus
(c. 530–625)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Missionary
Fazzio of Verona
(1190–1272)
Founder, Layperson
Margaret of Hungary
(1242–1271)
Nun
Ninnidh
(6th cent.)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Preacher

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884–1980)

daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1909)

as quoted in Peter Passell and Leonard Ross, eds.—The Best (1974)