Thought for the day ...

You know that I am as sincere in my faith, without any messianic screamings, as I am in my Parisian sexuality.

- Francis Poulenc, born on this date in 1899

The divide is evident in this concluding section of his Gloria.
The reprise of the opening phrase at a slow tempo has always made me feel genuinely sorry for my sins. Of course, you have to have committed sins in order to feel sorry for them.