Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Roma
“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

8 October

Ambrose of Siena
(1220–1287)
Missionary, Preacher
John Leonardi
(1541–1609)
Founder, Priest
Reparata
(3rd cent.)
Martyr

…lessons learned from an experience apply to that experience, not experience generically. We always repeat out mistakes. Sometimes they turn out correctly.

Ned Rorem (1923–2022)

American composer and diarist

attributed to Denise Bourdet—The Later Diaries (1974)