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

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

A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities with in you.

John O’Donohue (1956–2008)

Irish poet, author, and Catholic scholar

Anam Cara: a book of Celtic Wisdom (1999)