But Joan heard in the whole long story of the Passion and Death of the Lord only two things: He knew that He would not be able to save all, yet He undertook the task, and the apostles forsook Him and fled.
–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
