Place du Martroi, Orléans
Place du Martroi, Orléans
“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

13 July

Alexander Schmorell
(1917–1943)
Martyr
Clelia Barbieri
(1847–1870)
Founder, Virgin
Mildrith
(c. 600–c. 730)
Abbess / ἡγουμένη, Virgin

…I have to keep a careful eye on the difference between urgent things and important things. If I allow the urgent things to dominate my day, I will never do what is truly important and will always feel dissatisfied.

Henri J.M. Nouwen (1932–1996)

Dutch Catholic priest and writer

The Road to Daybreak (1988)