We may be joking or ironic when we say, “I could do a better job than the people running things now,” but God takes us seriously. In the 14th century a new bishop had to be chosen for the French city of Orleans, but none of the candidates were all that impressive. One of the onlookers, Blessed Roger LeFort, jokingly said,
“I should put my name in for consideration; I’d make a better bishop than any of them.” To his dismay, someone in the crowd overheard him and exclaimed, “You’re right!” and began shouting “Roger for bishop! Roger for bishop!”