Basilique Saint-Denis
Basilique Saint-Denis
“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

14 December

Agnellus of Naples
(535–596)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
John of the Cross
(1542–1591)
Co-Founder, Mystic, Priest
Nicasius of Rheims
(c. 407)
Bishop, Martyr
Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini
(1808–1858)
Monk, Priest
Spyridon
(c. 270–348)
Bishop, Miracle Worker

…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)