Jeanne d'Arc et l'Allemagne

A vivid, lyrical portrait opens with the night of Jeanne’s birth, when the roosters of the countryside sang an uncanny cantus gallorum that seemed to herald a new destiny. The narrator, speaking to a modern descendant, weaves together the saint’s meteoric rise—her single‑handed rescue of France at nineteen—with the bitter betrayal she later endured from the very clergy that feared her power. Alongside this fervent recounting runs a persuasive plea: to hold Jeanne’s three‑word mantra, “God first served,” as a living guide for personal sanctity and sacrifice.

The text then turns to the broader reverberations of Jeanne’s spirit, hinting at how her legacy reaches beyond France’s borders toward a conflicted Germany. By juxtaposing historical fact with impassioned theology, the work invites listeners to contemplate the lingering echo of a medieval heroine in the shaping of national conscience. The opening promises a contemplative journey that blends history, devotion, and a call to embody extraordinary virtue.