Jeanne d'Arc (Historiated initial depicting Joan of Arc from Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490, poss. 15th cent)
Jeanne d’Arc (Historiated initial depicting Joan of Arc from Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490, poss. 15th cent)
“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

2 April

Abundius
(469)
Bishop
Francis of Paola
(1416–1507)
Founder, Friar, Hermit
Pedro Calungsod
(1654–1672)
Catechist, Martyr, Missionary
Urban
(327–c. 390)
Bishop
Vilmos Apor de Altorja
(1892–1945)
Bishop

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it–always.When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it–always.

Mahatma Gandhi [મહાત્મા ગાંધી] {Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી]} (1869–1948)

Indian political and spiritual leader

An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth (1927)