Joan of Arc (feast May 30) represents the confrontation between purity and the corruptions of power. A peasant girl, a “nobody,” she heeded a call to save her country when all the “somebodies” of her time proved unwilling or unable to meet the challenge. (Art: Fritz Eichenberg)
Conversation
Joan stood up before the authorities of her world and refused to compromise her conscience or deny her special vocation. She inspires us to heed the voices of our own angels and to respond with equal ardor and faith.
