Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montréal
Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montréal
“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 October

Anthony Mary Claret
(1807–1870)
Archbishop, Founder, Missionary, Priest
Joseph Thi
(1825–1860)
Martyr
Martin de Vertou
(527–601)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Archdeacon, Hermit

“Is not love,” said he, “the great mystery of nature, the secret principle of life, the universal bond of sympathy?” “A fig’s end!” cried the parrot, interruputing him; “prithee where has thou learned this sentimental jargon? Trust me, love is quite out of vogue; one never years of it in the company of wits and people of refinement.”

Washington Irving (1783–1859)

American author

“Legend of Prince Ahmed al Kamel–or–The Pilgrim of Love”—Tales of the Alhambra (1829)