Saint and Swords

This morning Dawson and I were reading a children's book of saints. It included a picture and sample of 10 different saints. We started with Mary and Joseph. Next in line was Joan of Arc pictured in a suit of armor holding a sword.

"She won the battle but was later killed because she believed in God," I explained.

Dawson's eyes got wide as he asked, "She got killed?"

"Yes, they used to kill people who believed in God."

We continued to Saint Paul, who was also depicted with a sword. "People didn't like him talking about God so they killed him."

"He was killed too?" he asked in surprise. Then the little wheels started turning. He flipped back to the cover of the book which had little pictures of each of the saints. "So she was killed?" he wanted to know as he pointed to Saint Joan of Arc.

"Yes."

"And he wasn't?" as he pointed to St. Joseph. "And she wasn't?" pointing to Mary. And he went on to each of the ten in the same way.

"That's right buddy," I said, impressed that he remembered all of them.

"So...all of the ones with swords were killed and...all of the ones without swords weren't."