Notre-Dame de Paris (Charles Desvergues)
Notre-Dame de Paris (Charles Desvergues)
“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

16 May

Andrew Bobola
(1591–1657)
Martyr, Missionary, Priest
Brendan
(460–c. 577)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Evangeliser
Cairneach of Dulane
(6th cent.)
Bishop, Pilgrim
Caroline Chisholm
(1808–1877)
Humanitarian
Honoratus of Amiens
(c. 600)
Bishop
John of Nepomuk
(c. 1340–1393)
Martyr, Priest
Michał Woźniak
(1875–1942)
Dean, Martyr, Priest
Simon Stock
(c. 1165–1265)
Priest, Prior General
Ubald of Gubbio
(c. 1085–1160)
Bishop

Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much farther out than you thought And not waving but drowning. Poor chap, he always loved larking And how he’s dead It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way, They said. Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning.

Stevie Smith (1902–1971)

British poet and novelist

“Not Waving But Drowning”—Not Waving But Drowning (1957)