May 30: St. Joan of Arc

Today is the feast of the heroic St. Joan of Arc (b. 1412- d. 1431).  Tea at Trianon* has linked to an excerpt from the 1909 beatification pronouncement of St. Joan by Pope St. Pius X.  Here is the excerpt: …In our time more than ever before, the chief strength of the wicked, lies in the cowardice and weakness of good…