St. Joan is my favorite saint. A brilliant warrior, a woman touched by God who died with the word “Jesus” on her lips. Who can forget the poor English soldier who screamed “We have burned a saint!” and had to be taken to a tavern to calm his nerves.
Even though St. Joan was a warrior she was ultimately a peacemaker as she ended a terrible war that had been going on for almost 100 years. As Churchill said: “Joan was a being so uplifted from the ordinary run of mankind that she finds no equal in a thousand years.”