27 July

Born in 1768 – Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter.

Above: Landscape with Ruth and Boaz, c. 1824

Also, born in 1824, French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, fils.

Jesus was full of love for souls of women wounded by the passions of men, and He loved to bind their wounds, drawing from those same wounds the balm which would heal them. Thus he said to Mary Magdalene: "Your sins, which are many, shall be forgiven, because you loved much," a sublime pardon which was to awaken a sublime faith.