She, Joan, is the chosen one, for she feels herself responsible, does this little girl in the Lorraine village, for the fate and the sins of the whole people. While nobody else does, while all the others put the blame on each other, she takes the blame on herself for this guilt and misery, goes to God with them, takes her stand before him, and asks for his command.
–Ida Coudenhove, “Saint Joan,” in Saints Are Not Sad: Studies in Sanctity from St. Paul to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, edited by F. J.Sheed
